Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...here in America, and especially in New York, in nine cases out of ten, one cannot get a civil answer to a civil question. In Europe the reverse is the rule and often mere strangers will go quite out of their way to do what to us would seem an extraordinary act of courtesy...
...great essentials of a gentleman, no matter what his position in life may be, are toleration and sympathy: without these qualities all the culture in the world cannot make a true gentleman; with them the simplest, most uneducated countryman is the equal of a belted earl. Among others, he chose, to illustrate his point, the story of the rough soldier-hero at the dinner-table of his commanding officer. It was in India, and, while the soup was being served, ice as precious in that climate, as diamonds, was passed around to cool the champagne. The soldier took a lump...
...Club has for a number of years sustained among students, officers, and graduates of the University a reputation for drunkenness stronger than that attached to any other Harvard organization known to be now in existence. This reputation may be undeserved, but it is none the less a fact which cannot be ignored. Second, it is well known that the headmasters of a number of prominent preparatory schools annually request their pupils not to accept membership in the club. Third, it is obvious that any college organization which selects its members largely in the first half of the Freshman year must...
...ages, among men who have known it intimately or who have watched it closely as well as among less well-informed persons, it becomes the duty of those who are responsible for its existence to prove-and not merely to assert-publicly that the reputation is undeserved. If they cannot do that, it is their duty to see that the causes for disapproval are at once removed. In the present case they must further show that the existence of such a Freshman club is not directly opposed to President Lowell's efforts to bring about greater unity in the Freshman...
...development by having debates with each other; on March 9, the teams were definitely selected and debates were then held on different nights with a practice team composed of the three alternates. The last practice debate was held in Sanders Theatre Saturday night. The strength of the two teams cannot be compar5ed as they argue opposite sides of the subject, but both are above the average of University teams in late years. Judge A. P. Stone '93, head coach, and assistant coach, E. R. Lewis '08 have had charge...