Word: glass
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ever be made the subject of controversy by our educational reformers. It is that of allowing personal or national or even religious bias to enter into the teaching of the story of the past; it is compelling the student to view the events of history through the colored glass of the instructor's personal feelings and prejudices rather than being acquainted with the facts as they...
...year is all but over and many among us are leaving Cambridge without knowing half of the University. We can all find our way to Sever and University, but how many of us have seen the glass flowers in the University Museum or have looked through the Fogg Art Gallery? Do you know the name of every building in the Yard and what do you know about the Law and Divinity Schools...
...have here in the Fogg Museum one of the best small art collections in the country; the glass flowers in the University Museum are absolutely unique, and still we are apt to ignore such opportunities and go only to the buildings where classes make it necessary for us to appear. This type of laziness is inexcusable, yet is is a prevalent failing. To leave Harvard without getting the maximum from it is an intellectual crime. Unfortunately we are better acquainted with the interiors of the Washington street movies than of our own university. There is one week left before Class...
...soldiers and sailors be allowed to wear medals offered by foreign governments. France has given war crosses to those who withstood the first German raid, but the recipients, although appreciating the honor, are warned not to wear them. Instead, they shall evidently be forced to put them in a glass case, under lock and key. No doubt seems to exist that such a prohibition is constitutional. From the point of view of the United States, it may be against law and precedent for a soldier to display the cross bestowed by a foreign nation...
...University sincerely hopes that Tatiana will pay us a call. We can give her tea at Phillips Brooks House and show her the glass flowers, or if she cares for informality we can always take her to a soccer game and then give a dinner in her honor at the Union. We suggest that the Student Council think over the matter of inviting the Grand Duchess to Harvard. She can always take a special course in Slavic and it would be an attraction to have enrolled in U4 the illustrious name of Tatiana Romanoff...