Word: obviously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...democracy is indeed on trial it seems obvious that Harvard should see to it that her graduates, as future leaders of the community, be prepared to take an intelligent position in the modern political scene. This means that they should be ready to vote intelligently and furthermore, able to argue and discuss politics intelligently. But the growing complexity of political problems has made such a preparation more and more difficult. It is no longer possible to obtain a grasp of modern conditions by means of the conventional training in the liberal arts. Some specific knowledge of the social sciences...
...rest of the world--for this affair is inherently international--it is obvious that no embassy attache's life is worth the staggering sum demanded. It is equally indisputable that the Jewish Germans, already bled by the Hitler regime, are in no position to pay the forfeit required, Thus, a world whose patience Hitler has frayed twice in the past year should express in terms as strong as those used in the Austrian and Czech crises its disapproval of such barbarianism. To the pleas of France and England, Hitler has already shown himself impervious. But a scowling rebuke from...
Over the long run the scarcity of men of the caliber of Dean Matthews has been only too obvious. In the past few years Dean Sperry has followed two contradictory lines of approach; he has gone far and wide in an endeavor to find really good men, and he has at the same time insisted on giving local pastors a chance to cultivate the Harvard field. While some of these are excellent men, others are invited merely because they have a "stake in the Harvard community," or because such invitations have been extended in the past--and the popularity...
...many "sleepers," which is fortunate, for after a whole afternoon of "sleeper" practice against Chicago the week before, Harvard was still flatfooted against them yesterday. One Virginia touchdown came on a spectacular 35-yard reverse-field "sleeper" and the second coming after two passes not technically "sleepers" but equally obvious...
...than powers of memory, do not have a chance to show their ability in an hour exam. But given an essay to prepare outside of class, all the various talents of each individual manifest themselves; initiative in research, originality in approach, clarity of organization, and brilliance of interpretation become obvious in an essay of moderate length. Above all, it does what an hour exam can never do, by making possible a study that cuts beneath the surface of a subject...