Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Germany, wishing to get control of mining concessions which her merchants had obtained from the Sultan for a nominal price, did everything she could to harass the French until she should be allowed a share in the administration of the land. France accorded Germany all the commercial and economic freedom which she accorded other nations, and which the other nations were satisfied with...
...Faculty, was strongly and successfully asserted. The counsel of the more liberal members of the Faculty prevailed; the edict of expulsion was not enforced; and the Advocate was not suppressed. The founding of the Advocate is a story worth repetition because the event it describes established the freedom of the press at the University...
...good way of combining democratic distribution with efficient production in our great industries," failing completely to realize that the two are incompatible. It is just such things as these which mark the play to the grandstand. This article may be taken as typical of the paper, which stands for freedom of speech among students. When radicalism degenerates into an anathema against existing conditions, it no longer serves its useful purpose. The advance of civilization has depended not upon the impulsive actions of the dissatisfied, but upon the careful deliberation of thinkers...
...contributions, as yet, have been received for the Senior Class Song competition, which is open to all members of the class of 1916. The song is to be used on all class occasions and will be sung by the Glee Club at Yard Concerts and on Class Day. Freedom of choice as to the form is allowed, though two verses, with or without a chorus, is customary...
...speaks the Oracle, under the caption, "A Blow to Harvard," and thereby shows an unparalleled capacity for sweeping generalization. But cooler and more sensible persons will not take fright. It is, indeed, somewhat ironical that it should be necessary for President Lowell to defend for himself that freedom of speech which he has so firmly insisted upon for both Faculty and students. And it is as unfortunate as it is unaccountable that some Harvard men, by their published utterances, should attempt to foster the impression, expressly denied by himself, that he speaks for the University...