Word: wandering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of the prejudice against the large college which is as widespread, probably, as are the limited facilities, the university with open doors and a large enrollment is of real value. True, many men enter only to wander about vacantly for a year or two, "lost in the shuffle", and finally drop out in discouragement. But for those who can keep their feet--and their heads--a large university can offer more courses, better instruction and wider experience than is possible in the smaller institutions...
...little indeed to connect Boston with the City of the Faithful-- Bagdad. Nonetheless the spirit of the Arabian Nights is with us still, Who does not recall how the Sultan, Harounel- Rashid accompanied by his trusty Vizier was wont to slip out of the palace gates by night and wander over the city, seeing how matters fared with the people. Or how, on the morrow, from his high throne he meted out reward and punishment to those whom he had found meritorious or wanting on the night before. Thus was justice given, alike to Cadi and fisherman, in a manner...
...wander. Let us return to prose and confess at once that "My Uncle Henry," with his "thin, pale face and faded blue eyes," his immaculately bald head and his "quick, fussy gestures," plays fast and loose not only with his nephew's affections, but with our own. There is, in Stoddard Colby's portrait of the strange codger, a touch of whimsical, wistful drollery that recalls the delicate nuances and half-tones of Lamb. We think of the reminiscent Charles and his "Poor Relations," and that is praise enough. Mr. Colby has achieved the unusual in penetrating through the outward...
...Thus we will wander...