Word: expections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Events may turn out better than the pessimists expect. It is reported that President Wilson will ask that the primary consideration be the financial problem; this will suit almost everyone. Another report is that Chairman Johnson of the Immigration Committee favors legislation which shall put a temporary stop to all immigration; nothing could satisfy better Mr. Gompers and his followers. The net result of this course of action would please the majority...
...commonly thought that the election results show that the people are unanimous that our national expenses should be reduced. But the same people also seem ignorantly to expect that taxation can be immediately reduced in proportion. Yet, when we know that about eight billion dollars in Victory notes, war savings stamps, and treasury certificates of indebtedness will fall due in the next three years, it is plain that we must continue a policy of heavy taxation. Besides our regular national expenses, then, we must meet this added war burden...
...expect Harvard to win and I confidently believe that Harvard has the power and the ability to win, but I am certain that Harvard cannot win unless they play superior football beyond what they have yet displayed. This will require not only the same grim determination that has characterized the play of recent Harvard elevens but also the absolute support of graduates and undergraduates alike in the realization that Yale can only be beaten by Harvard's best football...
...subject "The Ethical Problems of Education." The address will be followed by a general discussion under the able leadership of Professor Lake. Dean Holmes is widely known as an authority on problems of education, and has a message of vital interest for graduate students, especially for those who expect to enter the teaching profession...
...instead of two, the just resentment against this infamous procedure on the part of the War Department would in deed be overwhelming. Yet this sectional application of the Selective Draft Act is typical of what the Democratic administration did during its period of power and illustrates what we may expect if the Democrats are continued in power at Washington...