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Dates: during 1920-1929
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It is, obviously, a grave experiment, and one whose outcome will be eagerly awaited. But it is, we feel sure, a step in the direction which all progressive universities must take if they are to avoid the consequences of overgrowth and standardization. The situation at Princeton is less pressing than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Applauds | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

The Phillips Brooks House is a Harvard organization appealing to men of certain tastes and interests, just as do other groups in the University. It has a function of service to Harvard which will not be affected by a centralization of control within the walls of the House. Beyond these...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FREEDOM FOR BROOKS HOUSE | 1/18/1929 | See Source »

Harvard has been reaching out toward the river ever since the opening of Soldiers field and the stadium. Freshman dormitories and the vast new business school have moved the university's centre of gravity still more in that direction.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's New Front Door | 1/18/1929 | See Source »

The chief "gripe," to use a genuine Illinois slang term, which the writer seems to find with the campus is that the "spirit of revolt" is entirely absent. Just what direction this revolt might take is not quite clear in the article but it is evident that Mr. Roberts was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/16/1929 | See Source »

No bands played, no soldiers paraded, when President-Elect Hoover arrived back in Washington after leaving the Utah at Hampton Roads. Herbert Hoover Jr. met Mr. Hoover at the harbor, and Dr. Work, Senator Shortridge of California and a few minor statesmen were at the station. The President-Elect, arriving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover Home | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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