Word: duck
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find that in certain quarters liberalism at Harvard is just being discovered. To some, tolerance means the privilege of making the other fellow abandon his own ideas for somebody else's. At Harvard, tolerance means the privilege of minding one's own business. That explains why we do not duck a man in the Charles for not attending a mass-meeting, or for playing chess on the afternoon of the Yale game. It explains also why we do not "baby" Freshmen. We do not promise a man a better time here than else-where--as one of our correspondents seems...
...Harvard Math Club: Professor H. P. Manning will speak on "The Dog and Duck Problem" at Conant Hall...
...development. If these Reds have aught to say let them speak, for if there is substance in their views, it will out anyway, but if their leaders are false prophets their curses will be transformed into blessings and their idle words will fall as rain from the duck's back and prove as barren as the seed in the sands of the Sahara. At all events, calling your opponent names, attributing to him harsh epithets, and gloating over his misery, any such action is not American and does not help to clear up the issue. JOSEP: S. SHUBOW...