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Liberalism in the last analysis is a state of the mind. Do what it will with the cumbrous formulae of entrance requirements, lectures, and schedules of courses no college administrative office can maintain a spirit of liberalism in the face of undergraduate bias, snobbery, or provincialism. Only by the origination and perpetuation of a tradition of student liberalism will the ideal college be translated into an actuality. Nor is it an answer that the undergraduate body can only reflect the spirit of the times. Since the middle ages Cambridge and Oxford have cherished a tradition of liberalism which has persisted...
...consider myself the greatest pacifist in the world," said Colonel Browning in response to a question on his attitude toward the question, "and I believe the average Army officer must be placed in the same category. The Army is taught that the function is to maintain peace. If there are any men in the Army who look forward to war, and I have yet to discover one, they must be soldiers of fortune. Most of us are married men, and realizing that we would be the first to be called, we recognize that by maintaining peace we do not take...
...vogue today. Indifference about practice and training would be the inevitable aftermath of such an innovation, and we would lose the outstanding feature--discipline Furthermore, in the event that five or six of the best players were quartered in the same dormitory, the competition would be obviously unfair I maintain that intercollegiate contests with Yale are necessary in order to maintain a standard of discipline and training which we can get in no other...
Many ties of personal friendship already bind me to your country and people, and I wish to assure you, sir, that it will ever be my endeavor to maintain and promote in every way those cordial relations between the two countries so much desired, not only by those in high places in England, but also by every member of the British Empire. I sincerely hope that, while carrying out the instructions and intentions of His Majesty's Government, I may do so in a manner satisfactory to you and to your Government. President Coolidge replied...
...bear from His Majesty the King, and from the Prime Minister of your country, are cordially reciprocated and, together with your own well-known goodwill, give every assurance of the success of your mission in promoting that good understanding and intimacy of intercourse which both Governments desire to maintain...