Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rather than scorn, we should accept humbly the prayers of those colleges who are so interested in our welfare. Would noted Harvard men of the past whose names are so familiar in Christian work be proud of the religious attitude which their progeny admit they assume, even if it is only a semblance? Should we not view the fact that other colleges are praying for us, in the light of a disgrace, instead of being amused at our notoriety? Further, we should not deceive ourselves by thinking that compulsory chapel is the great issue. Were that true we could discredit...
...problem of enrollment limitation have been placed before the University. To many who have discussed the problem there has occurred a third possible solution which, while a policy is yet being formulated, might well be considered. It is briefly, intending to set that "absolute standard" which is essential, to admit only those who pass the New Plan comprehensive examinations in June. In regard to those who fail to pass a June examination or those who come in under the one seventh provision, the conclusions of the CRIMSON seem soundest...
While this plan might be criticized as one which would admit only good students, the "more acquisitive" and would exclude "not a few boys of sterling qualities", yet its chief characteristic is that in the main it would exclude only poor students. The boys of "sterling qualities" who would suffer would be a small proportion. And it was obvious that some proportion of the applicants must suffer as soon as it became apparent that it was necessary to limit the enrollment...
...counsel for the mining company admit the substance of the complaint. They rest their defense upon the charge that the land referred to was wild and undeveloped and was purchased by the complainant solely as a matter of speculation after he had learned of the mining company's operations...
Unless one is a rabid isolationist determined to let the rest of the world go hang, one must admit that the Bok Prize Plan is one the whole a sound and well-reasoned document. The first provision--to join the World Court--has already received wide-spread public approval, and the many refinements which have been made upon whether this does or does not mean getting sucked into the League of Nations are cast aside by the second provision. The latter provides for a gradual widening of American cooperation with the League which would lead eventually to membership pari passu...