Word: narrower
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harbor of Lost Ships," the fourth play, written by Louise Whitefield Bray, also a special student at Radcliffe, is adapted from a short story by Ellen Payne Huling. It concerns the dogmatic and terrible religious teachings of a narrow-minded parson on an island off the coast of Labrador. The "Harbor of Lost Ships" is the fanciful creation of a crippled boy whose death is hastened by the doctrines of the minister...
...third and fourth shells again went out on the narrow stretch of open water below Anderson Bridge on the Charles, and succeeded in getting some benefit out of a very limited practice row. All the remaining eights were kept on the machines and sent...
Such a stand generally evokes the charge of a rank utilitarianism which requires us to cut ourselves off from the past and confine our efforts to the narrow limits of material advantage. But here the critics are unfair. One of the cardinal requisites of the useful man is an intimate knowledge of the past. He must have in mind an historical background in order to distinguish real progress from false and estimate the value of modern movements. Without this alert consciousness of the historical evolution of morals and customs, society would resemble the man who has lost his memory...
...knowledge of Latin declensions is a natural right. But it does mean that each human being should have some means of expression, some way of inviting his soul. Many different arts and crafts and sports may furnish these means. Any system of education which leaves them out is narrow and pedantic. Such a system must fail just as the so-called classical education has failed...
...Louise Whitefield Bray, is a one-act sketch adapted from a short story by Ellen Payne Huling, a former Radcliffe student. The scene is laid on an island off the coast of Labrador. A life constrained by dogmatic religious principles and the fire and brimstone teachings of a narrow-minded parson is depicted by the play. "The Harbor of Lost Ships" is the fanciful creation of a crippled boy whose death is hastened by the terrible doctrines of the minister...