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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Unfortunately the Athletic Committee, owing to the absence of Dr. Lee, has hitherto been unable to form any comprehensive plan for obtaining more general participation in sports. But the Student Council can suggest a general summary of undergraduate opinion which Dr. Lee may find a good foundation on which to base his specialized knowledge. With a little effort, it can also start an agitation making participation in athletics the "thing...
...this hour of world change, of false teachings, of hell-directed activities, we have idle bodies and brains, we shall find the devil making full use of them as his workshop...
James Russell Lowell was a product of Harvard, brought up in an atmosphere which unconsciously makes for a strong and enduring devotion to the nation. All one need do is look around him to find where Harvard gets these traditions. The Washington Elm, Soldiers Field, Memorial Hall, are mute testimonials of the part Harvard and Cambridge have played in the national crises of the past...
...favor of a censored press or any policy of repression, except, of course, as the war demanded it. New ideas must find expression and stand or fall on their own merits. But we deplore the fact that "liberty" should be viewed solely as an engine of destruction--a tool to overthrow the existing authority and satisfy the vague--desires of visionaries...
...hailing the covenant for a League of Nations as read by President Wilson art the Peace Conference on Friday. In the word "Possible" is to be found the true meaning of this document. In many ways it falls short of the ideals for which President Wilson has stood. We find in it no broad principle of religious toleration, no recognition of the part played by commerce and trade in starting a war. We are bewildered by the complex wording, by the vague statements which seem to settle nothing in a permanent...