Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that German literature is in opposition to German government. The lecturer then briefly sketched the history of Germany, showing how after the thirty pear's war it was seen that strong bonds of unison among the different principalities could only be maintained by allowing the individual more freedom of thought...
...tendency towards greater freedom in athletics, now so strong at Harvard is shown strikingly in the changes in the character of the winter meetings to take place this year. The third meeting will be open to all students of colleges belonging to the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Institute of Technology. For several years some of the events at the Yale and Tech. sports have been open to Harvard men an opportunity which has not been neglected by them. The practice and extra exertion have always had a good effect upon the men preparing for the sports here. The throwing...
...recent resolutions of the Board of Overseers, now rife in the college world, any action to be effectual must be prompt and unanimous. There are one hundred and ten men now in the academic department who have come here from other colleges both for the greater personal freedom and the superior advantages for study which the Harvard system permits. United action by these men would be widespread in its effects. The movement is in the hands of energetic men and with proper co-operation a successful result is assured...
...unfortunate action of the overseers, no other conclusion is open to an outsider who has no opportunity of knowing the real facts of the case. But when the Princetonian adds, "notably of the part of it which takes away all restraint upon exercises under the pretext of giving freedom," it is apparent that our contemporary is letting imagination supply the lack of information...
...years ago, the adoption of their last resolutions will accomplish that object most effectually. We had supposed that Harvard was no longer a "college" in the strict sense of the word, but a "university" in fact as well as in name, that students here were to be allowed some freedom of action, and not to be tied down by a multitude of school-boy rules. If we are not mistaken the same board of overseers tried to re-establish, early this fall, a form of compulsory attendance at prayers, but the indignation raised was so strong that the overseers hastily...