Word: bostonians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inanity, written by Samuel H. Ordway, Jr., '21 and illustrated by F. Wendworth Saunders '24, could not possibly have enjoyed too much acclaim when it appeared in 1924. It follows the education of a prep-schooled boy at Harvard, his introduction to various customs at Harvard, and his impeccable Bostonian reaction to all situations. The cartoons are poor, and what comment there is can be summarized as inconsequental...
...near-impossible task of having to choose between two or more recommendations, each bearing the prejudices of a particular field of study, of interest or of bureaucratic function. Inevitably, the new system brought a new and more important status to the Cabinet meeting. Served by a secretary (a Bostonian named Max Raab) who prepares an agenda for each meeting, circulates position papers in advance, briefs the presiding officer and follows up on decisions, the Eisenhower Cabinet meeting has become a truly effective forum for thrashing out policy matters...
...Companion and the Atlantic Monthly, Howe has moved throughout his life near the stamen of flowering and fading New England. Since his wife's death he has lived at 16 Louisburg Square with an old friend and an Irish housekeeper. Most of his books are as Bostonian as the Old North Church. Samples: Semicentennial History of the Tavern Club; Boston Common: Scenes from Four Centuries. Yet for all his patina, Howe is not a proper Proper Bostonian...
...Tolerant. "My father cannot be considered a typical Bostonian," admits Mark Howe's son, Radio Commentator Quincy Howe. "He's not caustic enough. He's not a scold. He has a tolerance that is not typical of Boston. Mother was a real Bostonian, from a family of Brahmins. She was always crabbing about something...
...bishop of central Pennsylvania, wrote his sermons in Latin and begat 18 children. Young Mark grew up steeped in respectability, devoutness and Victorian culture. By the time he went to Harvard in 1886 and met James Russell Lowell and the senior Holmes, he knew where he belonged. Another adopted Bostonian, Philosopher-Mathematician Alfred North Whitehead, once said that if he were asked to pick one person to send to Mars as a representative of the human race, he would choose Mark Howe...