Word: aspect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many saints have lived on earth, not even the wisest hagiologist knows. In the early days of Christendom, anchorites, eremites, monks and vagrants were of such piety that even the animals of the world collaborated with them. This half-forgot-ten aspect of the lore of sainthood was lately recalled by Helen Waddell, author of Peter Abelard. Delving in the Latin works of church fathers, monks and priests from the 4th to the 12th Century, she collected 44 anecdotes, translated them as Beasts & Saints.* Some saintly animal stories...
...high standard. But it has occurred to many that perhaps in these times of changing economic practices a survey course in economics, differing from that given as the primary one for concentrators in the subject, would make an excellent option for history or government. Although the history aspect would not be gained as well from a course of this sort, the knowledge, while even slight of our present setup and of other types of economic arrangements would be of inestimable value to the many today who have no knowledge of this subject whatsoever. Too many college graduates are ignorant...
...have the classics on their list of essential courses. Although a knowledge of them can be gained in translation, the beauties of the language, the real meaning of the authors, and the good training that their study gives are best acquired from reading in the original. The one unfavorable aspect of the elementary classics courses at Harvard is the manner in which they are given. One really cannot achieve a real understanding of the authors from reading them in a schoolboy manner in Latin B. Such uninteresting teaching is not conducive to acquiring a love of the language...
...social existence and to stereotype reactions. To instill a certain tolerance and awareness of individuals, rather than of groups, might very well be considered an honorable goal of the University. Let it be granted that the average college student is lamentably ignorant of political problems in their detailed aspect, but most certainly he has heard of them if he reads only the newspapers. There are plenty of persons who know far too much about their immediate difficulties and are busily enlisting the support of their neighbors for various plans to end poverty, sedition, war, or profits. From Ogden Mills...
Those favoring the merger claimed that it would make the task of both bodies casier and would reach a greater number of students, while those opposed insisted that such a merger would destroy the integrity of the Forum, and due to its interhouse aspect would exclude graduate students and commuters...