Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the thought, enthusiasm, and money which has been expended in late years in reforming, if not wholly remodeling institutions of higher learning, there has become ever more apparent, the fact that the gap between the universities and the secondary schools not only has by no means been bridged, but rather is increasingly widening. Such must, indeed, inevitably be the case, the colleges advancing rapidly along the lines both of greatly diversifying their curricula and at the same time emphasizing specialization, the schools remaining essentially stationary both in courses of study offered, and in the attitude taken to them...
...plebiscite for the present government of Italy. The idea of plebiscites is not new, but rather an integral part of dictatorial government. It was thus used by Napoleon III who in more than one way reminds one of the present rulers of Italy in spite of their enthusiasm for the older Bonaparte. What is a little novel in these recent Italian elections is the use of 'professions' and 'trades', so-called 'corporations' as the units or precincts, thus substituting a functional for a regional division of the electorate for purposes of what is termed more 'organic' representation...
Despite the presence of eight fire engines, detachments of police, and the groups of fireman who swarmed over the ladders with hose in hand, the crowd pressed close upon the building in their enthusiasm, with the result that many overzealous individuals were completely routed when a torrent of water, unleashed from the hose, escaped from a broken window. In another instance, the firemen, taunted with concerted chants of "Let it burn!" and "Damn the firemen", turned the hose and swept the crowd, somewhat dampening the ardor of the surging ranks...
...that the ship in question may have been violating the laws of the United States, but the offense did not warrant its being sunk beyond the twelve mile limit. Such an action offers the British government excellent grounds for protest and leaves this country without a valid excuse. The enthusiasm of the coast guard in executing their duties might be satisfactory to the W. C. T. U., but their breach of international etiquette certainly will not find favor in diplomatic circles...
...personality, and in my opinion nothing can harm the notation of one's personality, which is style, so much as the technical study of organization, paragraphing, periodic sentences, and specific details. The technical side of style should be learned almost unconsciously on the tide of one's tremendous nourishing enthusiasm for certain authors of one's own choice