Word: misunderstood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wish to be misunderstood. I understand the more obvious reasons, at least, why we should fight the strike. It is because some consider it a strike as a result of which the public--an evidently though not actually innocent party--will suffer. If any man entertains this opinion and wishes to aid in breaking the strike (which probably won't come off) let him do so as an individual. The group should not be called "the Harvard Unit". Meetings for the instruction of prospective strike breakers should not be held on college grounds or if so held it should...
...various sorts and conditions of men to be found in every large university, perhaps none is more misunderstood' than the student who concentrates in science. Interested as these undergraduates are in problems not readily grasped by the uninitiated, they are not infrequently regarded by their classmates as rather queer specimens of humanity. They occupy, therefore, a very inconspicuous place in the organization of the student body. A few of them, it is true, have in the face of almost insurmountable difficulties proved themselves to be excellent athletes and agreeable companions. But the great majority are barred from participation in undergraduate...
Harvard is, in short, a place of tradition. Indeed, it is a sign of the confusion in American thought to note the disrepute into which the word "tradition" has fallen. It is just because Harvard is traditional in its point of view that it is misunderstood, and often deliberately so, by Americans. Tradition to many is a synonym for Reaction; and yet the tradition of Harvard has always been liberal. From the days of the bitter church controversies in the early nineteenth century, through the recent war, Harvard has stood for Liberalism in a much more truthful way than many...
...Kellar seems to have misunderstood the attitude of the Deans. Without extending an "invitation," they are always ready to talk over students' problems; and as regards the matter of Freshman Dining Halls, have announced that all efforts will be made to aid the student in obtaining employment such as will not interfere with regular college life...
...cannot easily be filled. A profound student of economics, an able teacher, and an intellectual genius, he has at the same time shown himself to be an inspiring tutor and a warm friend to those with whom his life at Harvard brought him in contact. Slandered, misquoted, and often misunderstood by those who knew him least, his keen wit and his strong personality have won for him scores of staunch friends, who, while they could not always agree with his political principles, nevertheless found his influence stimulating and in spiring...