Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...former in the face of a pretty violent agitation for muzzling professors by Alumni of the University and outsiders. This policy of freedom of speech we shall continue to pursue, for we believe it to be the only one which accords with the principle of academic freedom. I hope the time will come when you and your colleagues in Germany will recognize that this course is the only right one: and that it is essential to the cause of universal scholarship and human progress that scholars should associate together again on friendly terms, without regard to national conflicts that have...
...United States National Lawn Tennis Association captain of a four-man team which is to play against a western four-man team in California. Williams will leave with his team-mates shortly after the examinations. They will also compete in the international tournament at the exposition. The men hope also to take part in the National Clay Court Championship at Pittsburgh which Williams...
...ability may be decidedly limited--to enjoy the national game. This year the teams playing in the series will be closely watched for University material, and the aspiring first baseman of the Pingdingers may suddenly find himself elevated to the University squad. But even if a man does not hope to be drafted by the majors in this fashion, he will find the Leiter Cup series good exercise and good...
...proposition is one of the most far-reaching yet made in the history of Harvard, and that it therefore merits more careful and more general consideration by undergraduates and alumni alike than it has hitherto received. The society's objections to the raise are, therefore, made in the hope of providing a basis for discussion, and, should opportunity afford, an agent for constructive action...
...light of naval experience in the present war; but that it should not be increased in size. I also think that the national government should secure a large stock of the best possible artillery of all sorts,--again the best in the light of this war's experience. I hope, too, that the several states will improve their present volunteer militia system. About what I understand to be General Leonard Wood's recommendation, that the term of enlistment in the regular army should be shortened to one year, or even six months, so that a large number of men would...