Word: though
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will appoint an "administration man" such as David M. Little '18, Secretary to the University and Master of Adams House, or will name someone unconnected with University Hall, since some faculty members feel that the individuality of the House might be sacrificed if someone unfamiliar with House traditions, new though they are, receives the post...
...Divinity School should be welcomed by the College with open arms. But that this course heralds a return of religion to any part of its former importance in education is not likely. True, President Eliot's theory of specialization seems to have passed its zenith, but even though broader fields of concentration may come in the near future, there is no sign that theology will rank among them. Social and intellectual forces have decreed otherwise...
...Though it is rather unfortunate that the Radcliffe concert and the joint Harvard-Yale Glee Club program on Friday night are spaced so closely, the two differ so greatly in spirit that they tread on each other's toes only slightly. The Yale club has always adhered to the traditional pre-Davison formula of trick pieces and "barbershop" arrangements, and Mr. Woodworth has selected music for the Harvard part of the program which is evidently intended to harmonize at least with the spirit of the Yale section without compromising the usual musical standard of the club...
...last half of her book is devoted to the Civil War, which she prefers to describe as a fascist invasion. Though she keeps her account simple and personal, she gives an abundance of the war's history, of which, as head of the Foreign Press Bureau, she is well qualified to speak. She handled the press at Geneva when Spain made its futile appeal before the League, feels that the "cynicism and treachery" of the British and French Governments reached their highest points there. Of the four-month battle of the Ebro: "We fought the last part of that...
...modern art, has often been forced to throw up his hands in despair and mutter something about "artificial catchwords". Well, it is true enough that any categorizing term used in the sphere of the aesthetic is nothing more than a valiant attempt to oversimplify; it is also true, though, that certain descriptive terms do have precise meanings; and without a knowledge of these meanings, however slight, an understanding of modern and contemporary art becomes extremely difficult...