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...holiday would not have been as ideal as at first it seemed. The work normally done then would merely have been shunted onto the other five days and we should have gained nothing. As far as saving fuel is concerned the Monday-vacation scheme would have been of no avail. The Yard, as we understand, is heated by excess steam from the Cambridge Power Plant, which would have to keep open anyway. We would have saved nothing there. Dormitories would necessarily be open and light and heat would be used as on other days...
...other hand, within this place for public expression of personal opinion which President Lowell leaves open to the professors, he does not fail to define with all clarity the nature of the obligations which such freedom imposes upon those who would avail themselves of it. It must be used in full and unerring recognition of the responsibility attaching to them as members of a teaching faculty, and never for mere personal ends. In other words, the restraint is moral and ethical. It is because it is moral that it can neither be disregarded with impunity nor enforced by a mere...
...First: copious apoligies for not having written you before. Many times I thought to avail myself of the privilege but writing tables are dishearteningly scarce and the knee is a shaky substitute. Now, however, I have a very substantial mahogany table (that must date back as far as the last of the Napoleons) a rather massive French lamp, and a most comfortable armchair. All that is lacking is the ability to write of conditions here in the way I should like...
There is one subject in the college curriculum which is daily and constantly changing, shifting its values and broadening its scope. Cynics claim that subject to be dead. A few go further and swear that it never really existed. But what do these protestations avail? For international law is living today, and living a more active, strenuous life, than ever in the past. Had it human attributes it would surely laugh to scorn those who are now pronouncing its autopsy. Or to make sure that it is not suffering from some hidden malady, let them call in consultation as medical...
...Museum of Fine Arts announced yesterday that its Trustees had voted to grant free admission "to instructors and students in Universities, Colleges, Normal Schools, and similar institutions. Those who wish to avail themselves or this privilege should send their names to the Director of the Museum. Tickets will then be given them at the door or mailed them on receipt of a stamped and addressed envelope. For purposes of identification, students applying in person should present their own cards or a letter stamped at the college office...