Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Editors of the CRIMSON...
That the Yankee doughboy is not the best paid soldier in the world is settled definitely by Mr. Flinn's articles in Tuesday's CRIMSON; unfortunately, many of us have entertained contrary illusions in regard to this matter...
...Flinn goes on to say that the writer of the CRIMSON editorial advocated our breaking faith with our fighting men. I am somewhat at a loss to know exactly what our faith was. Should we load them with gifts? Apparently not, for Mr. Flinn advocates a "normal war service gratuity", a very pretty term, indeed; but is it much different from the "common or garden variety" pension? We are not proclaiming our treatment of the Civil War and Spanish War veterans from the housetops; but they re ceived practically the same thing as a "national war service gratuity...
...Editors of the CRIMSON...
...statement in Friday's CRIMSON that my recent appointment as Professor of Mechanics came as "a reward for many years' service on the University teaching staff" betrays a lamentable misconception on the part of your reporter. Professorships at Harvard are not handed out as "rewards" for past services; they are contracts for services to be rendered in the future. Any intimation that a professorship is "awarded" like a service medal or an honorary degree conveys an entirely false impression of the responsibilities involved in university teaching. EDWARD V. HUNTINGTON...