Word: realist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard, the individual, living in ancient tradition, yet always young: Yale, the realist and man of action, the Crimson and the Blue, drawn together, from all parts of a nation, from all over the world; intermingling, old rivals and older friends...
...Realist: Then let her cut down on this expense and dress more simply...
...Realist: I defy you to prove it. A fellow likes a girl for her own sake and not for a lot of glad rags...
...question has essentially resolved itself into a quarrel between the romantic and realistic points of view. The battle opens with the realist protesting against the archaism and viciousness of the theory that the gentleman pays because he is more liberally supplied with funds. There is generally no attempt to refuse this realistic contention, and from this point the argument conventionally assumes something of the following form...
...this the realist has no answer except a sneer, or if he is ultra sophisticated, a gentle smile accompanied by the formation of a perfect ring of smoke...