Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is always a danger that the obvious importance of English literature, like that of American history will induce neglect of writings in other languages, or on other parts of the political world. But nothing is plame than that Englishmen have always been influenced very greatly by Kahan writers, and that an acquaintance with Italian literature is an essential back ground to a full appreciation of that of Britain. This has long been recognized as one of the subjects which was inadequately represented at Cambridge, and the realization of this added to the deep disappointment a few years ago, when...
...function of timekeeper. Too frequent calling of the hour has a tendency to create unfortunate emotional situations in the examinees and a mere announcement as the period draws to a close that "this examination will close in five minutes" is a brutality of which every one will admit the danger...
What is more pertinent, however, in this question of the political allegiance of the director of vocational guidance are his qualifications. I cannot help feeling that, if a faculty member is detailed for this work there will be a great danger; his business experience would be, of necessity limited, because, if he is a good teacher, he cannot have afforded to divide his allegiance between the cloister and the market-place. To discuss vocations intelligently, one must have a detailed knowledge of the subject. The vocational guidance director must be as much an authority on his subject as the professor...
...York City's Yankee Stadium, where 50,000 people have sat before and will sit again. The sky was blue, the crowd was happy. It was a Sunday ball game. Suddenly, without warning, clouds appeared, thunder clapped, rain poured down. Straw hats, spring clothes were in danger. The bleacherites arose en masse and rushed for the wire-lined exits. The exits were small, the rushers many. In the right-field bleacher section, called "Ruthville" because George Herman ("Babe") Ruth knocks most of his homeruns there, a young girl and an old man were trampled to death, 62 others injured...
...Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson learned that their son, Melvin, who was in a hospital, had died of scarlet fever. Mrs. Anderson fainted. Later the parents went to the O. V. Mast Undertaking Co., but were not allowed to see the body because of the danger of contagion. As they prepared for the funeral, the undertaker sent word that the hospital had erred, that another Anderson-named child had died, not Melvin. Mrs. Anderson fainted again...