Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question cannot fail to interest us. Is it a pleasant outlook when pretty falsehoods--just because they are pretty--must be fed to minds not yet trained to sift out truth? The impressions received in childhood are difficult to eradicate; truth, when it does force its way through a barrier of early prejudice brings with it all the attendant dangers of disillusionment. Furthermore, an enduring faith in one's country is founded not on ignorance of its shortcomings but on an appreciation of the counterbalancing merits. The sconer this is recognized in our elementary history classes, the sooner will...
...Exeter and Andover, and the low esteem, in which Harvard is held throughout the west have caused considerable comment and discussion as to why these conditions exist. The University has done much to combat the situation by modifying the entrance requirements and breaking down, by sane publicity, the barrier of misunderstanding which is keeping away many desirable students from other parts of the country. Problems that naturally arise in this connection awaken in turn a train of further questions, but may be classed in general under a variety of headings...
...American soldiers who studied at Toulouse after the Armistice. There were some 1200 men, of whom perhaps 400 were officers. "There were many difficulties to be overcome, the chief of which was in housing and caring for such a number. The difference in language was also a barrier. Owing to the shortness of the time, the courses were made as intensive as possible. Men who had no knowledge of French were required to take one month's intensive study in that language before proceeding in their chosen field. The majority of the men concentrated in French literature, and many also...
...expectations, will present difficulties for the CRIMSON. In Dorney the Dartmouth outfit possesses a sturdy defense player fully able to bear the brunt of the University attack. Neidlinger at goal was the defensive star of the game against B. C., showing consistent brilliance, and will prove another barrier to a high score...
With the first barrier to the advance of the 1921 hockey team--the game against the Nova Scotians--safely passed, Head Coach William H. Claflin '15 takes as his next objective the contest with the B. A. A. seven scheduled for tomorrow night at the New Arena. The Unicorn players, supplemented this year by the addition of much excellent material from the former Harvard Club outfit, are expected to put up a scrap. Such stars as George Percy '18, A. F. Doty '15, and Joseph Stubbs '20, all old Crimson letter men, know how to smash through a Harvard offense...