Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...also hoped that through this mass meeting the undergraduates may be stimulated to improve their College work, which has been way below the average. President Lowell and Dean Yeomans will represent the University in refuting the opinion generally held by students that College work means very little this year to those who will probably be in service in the future. Mr. Clark will speak on the industrial and business side of the after-the-war question. He has been connected, in the Plymouth Cordage Company and Mexican mining properties, with business organizations which have had the greatest success with labor...
...inherent character of patriotism to be as blind as it is noble. Opinions formulated in the fervor of national faith are not infrequently inconsonant with truth. The American people have long been known for their fair-mindedness, but the enthusiasm of their present purpose has in many respects driven them to that bias and petty prejudice which must, above all things, be avoided. No more striking example of this tendency could be found than in the war-time position of our press. The American newspaper, in the formulation and expression of public opinion, reflects the attitude of our people. That...
...between the University, Yale and Princeton, scheduled to take place on March 22, was received yesterday from New Haven. If Princeton, which has the right to change the phrasing of the question, makes no alterations, the subject will be: "Resolved, that the Government should limit the free expression of opinion, that is, free speech of press and assembly, in war-time...
...received the support of the authorities of Yale, Princeton and the University, but in view of the need of a more general participation in athletics by undergraduates than resulted under the system in force throughout the first half of the college year, they have changed their attitude. The general opinion at the other two universities is now in favor of a renewal of the old type of competition on a less pretentious scale than formerly...
...question of closing all the colleges as a means of economizing coal in the present fuel crisis. Although the proposal had received considerable support from the conservation officials, the arguments put forth by the assembled presidents demonstrated that it would not be practical. Mr. Storrow is withholding his final opinion on the subject until today, but it seems improbable that he will order any limitation of the college sessions. "I am inclined to let the colleges run," he stated after the conference...