Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because of her youth, her good looks, her sharp wit, because of the relative triviality of her four larcenies and the fact that she had committed no crime of violence, many officials and citizens declared the penalty was unjustly harsh. Public pity welled...
Debaters of Columbia University will oppose the Harvard University debating team in New York next Tuesday night. The proposition will be: "Resolved, That the talking moving picture is a menace to youth...
...even deeper mental anaethesia. As for the eleven wives, a consideration of the suffering usually resultant from one provides a deterrent. Although monotony in professional life doubtless requires the variety in the domestic side, both evils strike a severe blow at the teetotaler instead of aiding his cause. For youth just starting out in life Prohibition thus presents another serious problem. One hundred and fifty-six years of life and eleven wives threaten those who obey the law. However, these are the formative years; youth still has a chance...
...Evil is one of the oldest classics of human nature. It is usually taught by people morally illiterate and mentally corrupt, when it should be an important part of the education of youth, taught as a classic, carefully analyzed and defined with reference to preparing adolescent people for dealing intelligently rather than emotionally or weakly with instincts-not merely of the body but of the mind...
...debutante racketeers, an article appearing in the current number of The North American Review has a definite bearing on some phases of undergraduate life. "What a travesty it all is" exclaims Alida K. L. Milliken, indignant champion of the simpler life, referring to the modern social swirl and "its youth, the victims of exploiters who commercialize it." According to this observer, the stag line is forced to the demon rum to sustain the early morning hours, while no spark of humanity lightens the chatter of female upon female, the monotony of drink upon drink. The debutante, overshadowed by the impersonal...