Word: sphere
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...good act is a beautiful act," says Mr. Whitman in his "Philosophy of Beauty." This is treading on rather dangerous aesthetic ground since the word Beauty is by Definition (thought not by usage) in its own sphere. The point is best described by the difference between connotation and detonation. Does, for instance, the sight of a beautiful limousine make a man feel pious? Mr. Whitman is inclined to substitute attribute for subject. Even so, the writer has known or heard of few men who come out of aesthetic arguments unscathed...
Counting its 9000 or so summer school students, Columbia has an enrolment of nearly 16,000. Of one thing certainly there can be no question. Columbia's sphere of influence is the largest of any institution of learning in this country. Indeed, it probably wields more influence over more men and women than any other university in the world, because its announced registration of 16,000 does not begin to tell the whole story. Thousands of other persons come under the Columbia spell through the medium of extension courses and lectures given in all parts of Greater New York...
...might not be amiss to suggest to Mr. Laski, however, that, as he is not a citizen of the United States, the amenities of the situation would seem to call for a reasonable measure of restraint in the criticism of our public officials. This is a sphere in which the average American is inclined to be very resentful of aspersion that comes from alien lips. HARVARD ALUMNI BULLETIN...
...Barrie. The essays on subjects of no special academic interest are, I think, all of them a little too over-mannered to be successful. The kind of thing they attempt can only be done well by a real master of the essay; and they belong rather to the sphere of well-meaning discipleship than of successful creation. The number by and large, is certainly above the standard of last year's Advocate. It would be admirable if the attempt to comment on political affairs were developed into a reglar feature of the paper...
...Hockey competitions shows how little the members of 1922 appreciate the educational value of these competitions and the exceptional opportunities they afford of getting in touch with the members of the class. A man who spends all his time on his studies never gets outside his own narrow sphere. His occupations are personal, selfish ones and he has no interest either in his own class or in the university. The experience of management cultivates his executive ability and broadens his viewpoint. For the first time he becomes aware of the prominent part which college activities play in the life...