Word: octopus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of a rain of facts to the contrary, some persons still believe that our endowed universities are out of the reach of any but men of wealth. The writer of a letter to the Transcript, and the author of a tirade against the University, called "The Educational Octopus," makes the accusation that the "intellectuals of Harvard mistakenly believe that the son of the laboring man should not be allowed to aspire to equality, professionally or otherwise, with the young men of more favored parentage. They are engaged in a great conspiracy to prevent it." This is nonsense. An investigation...