Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question is so often propounded to me in various forms as to what I consider the particular service women may render in politics and government that I am forced to the conclusion that it is inspired by real concern on the part of the public as to the effect of the general enfranchisement of women. Whether the question emanates from, apprehension or hope I am unable...
...There should be no public sale of tickets to any Harvard football game. Such games should be considered the concern of the undergraduates and graduates of the competing colleges. Throwing these games open to the general public has brought about some of the worst evils of college football. All sales of tickets should be by application, and a strict check should be kept of the occupants of seats at every game to discourage speculation...
...wrong. Next day, from memoranda as to what Mrs. Lansdowne wished to say, he had prepared a suggested statement for her confined to facts within Mrs. Lansdowne's knowledge, so that it would not be necessary to question her. Said Captain Foley, "My concern was for the widow of the man I had taught at the Naval Academy. I was most anxious to have her appear in a dignified position before the Court...
...Harvard state of mind has been characterized as one of 'indifference.' So it is. It represents a rather patrician lack of concern for other people's affairs...
...advocates a return to reason. What if the public clamors for its spectacles? Let it clamor! That is not the affair of the college. The mushroom growth of professional teams all over the country is an answer to the public cry. May they multiply and grow strong! Our primary concern, however, is not for the professionals. The present evil of football is in its overemphasis in the college. It is in the college, therefore, that remedies must be sought and found...