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...KIRKPATRICK Director of Publicity, Bethany College...
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...Harvard system", concludes Dr. Kirkpatrick in regard to this matter, "works because strong men have thus far been found for the office. When the Bourbons, or even the Tudors fall and the Stuarts or Hanorerians arrive, there will be a different story to tell. As one of the professors remarked, then most anything may happen. 'But', he added hopefully, 'the office is such that it demands the strong man and it ought to find him.' The president has large powers and it is hoped that he will not abuse them. Harvard society has evidently done what every human group tends...
Concerning any criticism which may he made of the "autocratic" system, Dr. Kirkpatrick declares: "The personal and spirited attacks upon the policies of the presidential incumbent are usually within the family. When the formal farewell was tendered Professor Baker during the first month of 1925, the presiding officer asked that no publicity be given to the addresses or events of the meeting. An emeritus professor who has nothing to gain or lose in a personal or professional way, makes pointed and personal criticism of the policies of the present administration, but does not wish to be quoted or to even...
...final statement of his attitude in regard to the governmental situation at the University, Dr. Kirkpatrick speaks of an article which recently appeared in the London Observer, saying that "in this age in Spain as in Italy--there is no working substitute for liberty." "If this is true," concluded Dr. Kirkpatrick, "then the Harvard faculties can not long consent to the personal government of the president of that institution, far different though it be from that of Mussolini and Rivera. But too high a price may be paid for every 'good government.' Certainly if the superman fails and the mediocre...