Word: harte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chief arguments used against him are that he was gathered wisdom from experience abroad as well as at home--but perhaps a fatal objection; that he lacks the qualification which Professor Hart placed first among the qualifications of General Wood, he is not a Harvard man--a serious but again not a fatal failing; and that he "straddles" because he cannot be definitely placed in any of the existing political parties. The traditional lines of party cleavage have for the most part become obliterated. Mr. Hoover does not "straddle' when he says that he cannot announce his adherence...
...that everything, the ship-wreck, the escape by aeroplane, the hanging of the villain, all take place before our very eyes, is undeniably the most effective means of presenting those stories of action which depend for their chief interest on the interplay of incident. To put William S. Hart on the stage and confine him almost exclusively to words, would be to revive the old bombastic melodrama, where, instead of seeing the hero jump onto his trusty horse and dash madly up and down mountain sides in pursuit of the villain, we should have the heroine gazing out a painted...
...special interview in Thursday morning's CRIMSON, Professor Hart very clearly points out that General Leonard Wood '84 should have the support of every Harvard Republican. I should like strongly to endorse Professor Hart's views. At the present time a great many Harvard men are uncertainly casting around trying to decide where they stand politically. Inherently Republicans, and inherently standing for clean politics and the best type of candidates, they have heard and read so much befogging news about party politics and party interests that they fear to step boldly forward as Republicans or to the support...
That it is the duty of every Harvard Republican to support Major-General Leonard Wood '80 as Presidential candidate is the belief expressed by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart '80 of the Department of History. The reasons which he gives in favor of General Wood are, in part, as follows...
...sentiment of the University about the coming presidential campaign is becoming articulate. The admirers of Herbert Hoover, among them Professor Taussig, are organizing; a Students' Forum has sprung up; and Professor Hart comes out with an endorsement of Leonard Wood. These are evidences of a healthy interest which should be stimulated and encouraged...