Word: attracted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With this in mind the picture of Harvard in the years hence is pleasing to consider, for with intra-mural and intercollegiate sports alike looking to the University for support and direction, and with the academic garden flowering with endowments to attract to the University leading men in the educational field, both professors and students, Harvard should be an even more well rounded institution than it is today. But in the meantime it is to be hoped that the athletic endowment continues to grow, and President Conant has contributed to that end by putting the need for athletic endowment...
...that he is a "changed man" and a turncoat, and that he has certainly made a grave mistake in the Black episode; nevertheless thoughtful voters want to hear more than that just now. Giving the New Deal the raspberry is easy, but mere negations of its principles wil never attract votes. To do this a positive, independent program is essential. As the Boston Herald comments: "A party policy of which the best that can be said is that it is not unconstitutional will cause no enthusiasm among Republicans . . ." or anybody else whom Mr. Landon wishes to draw into the elephant...
Professor Chafee's article on the Narragansett Park flare-up contains an enlightening discussion of the legal issues involved. These points of law are interesting indeed, but, as pointed out in the article, they hardly attract public attention as do the dramatic issues. All over New England people are watching the Rhode Island drama with nothing short of amazement, and the reason they are amazed is that they are witnessing the breakdown of law and order...
...atmosphere and lighting in Widener is not unlike that of a tomb. If some improvements such as those suggested above were introduced, the room might attract more readers. In any event the changes would make studying more pleasant for those who have to use the reading room. Robert Adamson...
...Fellow lay in the lot of the students. He was the constant member of a changing Corporation which has in the past quarter century enormously built up the endowment of Harvard and has increased her name and friends. Truly the University will do well so long as she can attract men of the type of Mr. Perkins, and alike for his friendship and for his service she is grateful...