Word: faults
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...never be anything but a stumbling-block to advancement: the attitude of mind which brings it about is unworthy of the twentieth century; above all, the indifference of the public, which allows such a condition of affairs to go uninvestigated, is growing to be a characteristic national fault. Let us not forget that the burden of seeing that full justice, neither more or less, is done even to the most abandoned of alien "reds" rests on the conscience of every citizen of this Republic...
...lesser degree on its athletic prowess. A college is mistaken if it assumes that the glamor of gridiron victories will offset a mediocre scholastic standard. Intercollegiate athletics, however, are of such importance that, if it is an error to carry them to excess. It is also a fault to burden them unnecessarily with overfine restrictions. The rule, which makes ineligible for one year students transferring from some other institution, is just and fair, for it prevents men, who may not be able to pass the entrance requirements, from coming to Harvard merely to gain fame as athletes...
After having been graduated from Harvard, I am inclined to doubt the existence of a "Harvard type" as such. Among graduates of Harvard there may be snobs--those who would deny it most strenuously are very likely to be those most open to fault--but certainly they are not numerous, no more so than graduates of other colleges, at least. Whether the "type" to which Arthur Train refers was more prevalent in the earlier days of Harvard, when the student body was more localized in its geographical distribution than at present, is a question which I do not feel competent...
...arrangement of vacations so unfavorable to the man living at a distance from Cambridge as to be an important factor in his decision regarding a choice of college? Is our athletic policy, which discourages long trips for return games, save under exceptional circumstances, a contributing cause? Does the fault lie in the lukewarm reception which is only too frequently given to school and college teams visiting us? Is the Harvard social system so designed that it repeatedly occasions detrimental resentment among a great many undergraduates and benefits but a few, and is this the one basic cause of the trouble...
...after rendering two groups of songs which included a wide selection. The audience showed its appreciation of the work of the Glee Club, and this in spite of the rather long program so characteristic of its concerts. It is difficult to determine whether this can be classed as a fault or not; it is perhaps more a tribute to the organization's performance that the audience does not protest at the lengthy presentation. Certainly the concert did not reflect the least abatement in the ambitious aims of the Glee Club and proved that the association is as versatile and accomplished...