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...become a habit to explain "Harvard Indifference" as nothing more than a tendency to mind one's own business. That explanation is, after all, an excellent one. It is strictly in keeping with Professor James's famous Harvard ideal, which sees the University as a sort of "Fields of the Blessed" where each comer may pursue his own desires without the compulsion or the hindrance of what his fellows may be doing or thinking...
...statue is a group by Malvina Hoffmann, symbolizing the sacrifice of men and women for an ideal, and the central figure is a hooded woman mourning over the dead body of a crusader of the 13th century in full armor. The statue has gained considerable favorable criticism. Th New York Times says that the features of the warrior, frozen in death, wear the austerity typical of a grave and positive century in which fainting under grief or danger was incredible", and that the work shows "a patience and feeling for perfection in craftsmanship". It goes on to say that "technically...
...compete where no end is served and no result achieved; we sweat over unloved tasks and neglect the true business of life; we erect and execute useless schemes, multiplying the worries of life, cluttering our days with rubbish, blasting Leisure and wasting our strength on this false and misbegotten ideal of "College Spirit." Columbia "Varsity...
Madame is married to the conservative hero and has a son in college. Unfortunately her career calls her to all parts of the world, and while she is away, her husband, becoming lonely in her absence, thinks he has found the ideal woman. She, a widow, appears to be the domestic and home-loving creature who will warm his slippers by the fire and make life easy and happy for him. This affair has come to a critical stage when Madame enters...
...whether or not the best solution, Dr. Drury's proposal makes for propaganda, in the best sense of the word, the sense of mutual understanding. There is an ideal to be worked for, Sir James Barrie's ideal "League of Youth," and Dr. Drury's suggestion may prove to be the most practical way of finding...