Word: unproven
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defects of the "Letters" at large. Sordid subjects, prevalent among social novelists are ridiculed; a digression is made on obscurity; this obscurity is commented on; and the sentence lamely concludes declaring that one must ponder whether matter or style is more vile. Artistically the word "vices" is wishful and unproven; Mr. Hillyer's couplets have not made tangible that confusion is a vice and what he actually means is: "Their only consistency is inconsistency." The word "except" is grammatically unsupported, and "consistently" is a filler elbowishly attempting to link a couplet with one preceding. In the next group of sentences...
Bayreuth will suffer sadly if exposed to Hitleritis. Toscanini has not conducted in Italy since the fracas over the Fascist anthem. Boston hurt herself more than she hurt Karl Muck when she ousted him on an unproven Wartime charge of pro-Germanism. After the Revolution. Russia forced most of her musicians into exile. Many years will pass before Russia regains the musical prestige it lost with such refugees as Feodor Chaliapin, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofieff, Sergei Rachmaninoff...
Cleveland dressed up to match new Severance Hall, built for the Orchestra and dedicated last winter (TIME, Feb. 16). Conductor Nikolai Sokolov indulged none of his predilections for new, unproven music. For him the occasion deserved Strauss, Franck, Beethoven, Brahms...
...essential for Physics than for any other science, for Physics is still a mere handful of facts among a multitude of theories. The beginner must be impressed that he is studying the thoughts of others with the view in mind not of learning facts, for most Physics is yet unproven, but of learning to think independently. A fine graduate department closely allied with the undergraduate body will greatly help in laying the foundations of this spirit and ability for individual thought...