Word: sentimentality
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...shade of Voltaire, who once marvelled that priests could meet without laughing, must be greatly pleased by Mr. Wright's letter in Wednesday's CRIMSON: now even this last miracle has passed. But why should Mr. Wright resent the merriment of the clorgy at "this or that doctrine or sentiment dear to the Christian mind?" Surely everything has its humorous aspect, and if the theological structures of nineteen centuries can crumble at a smile, then the sooner we smile the better...
...happen to be taking a course not unconnected with the history of Christian thought, largely attended by theological students, and conducted by one or two gentlemen whose technique as teachers seems to consist in part of making pleasantries at the expense of this or that doctrine or sentiment dear to the Christian mind Whenever one of these cracks occurs there is "universal laughter", as they say in Parliamentary reports, and nobody laughs louder, with a more insistent shrillness, than the reverend or almost reverend graduates mentioned above. Already they seem to belong to that up end coming cohort of holy...
...French Reporter - Will you give us an accurate idea of the sentiment of the Senate in regard to foreign entanglements, or to be more precise, a guarantee of intervention...
...letter, the Maroon showed its concern over the unsuccessful teams Chicago has had during the last five years; without making editorial comment, it asked that other interested keep the discussion open. Was all the festivity of a fortnight ago a more gesture? Or was it evidence of true sentiment and devotion? Support of losing coaches by undergraduates and graduates, is notoriously poor, but at such a time as this, the Daily Maroon was more than unwise in publishing a request,unsigned, that Coaches Stagg resign...
...petrels of the American theatre. Wherever his plays are produced they serve to stimulate a great deal of discussion and controversy, while his lecture audiences are invariably divided among themselves in regard to his views. In general he has long been an advocate of a clean theatre and of sentiment and idealism in the drama. In upholding those views he has become involved in controversies which have made him a nationally known figure...