Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vote taken at the Freshman smoker Wednesday evening should not be considered as an expression of the opinion of the whole class. The 226 votes for beer and the 181 against, represent only 407 Freshmen out of a catalogued total of 705. In other words, the opinion of three-sevenths of the class has not yet been given...
Also, the closeness of the vote--taken in an atmosphere especially favorable to "wet" votes--shows that opinion in the class is so evenly divided that it should be definitely decided on which side the majority stands. We therefore urge that a vote of the whole class be taken on the question as soon as possible. A smoker, attended by some merely because of the beer that is served, and attended by only four-sevenths of the class at that, is not a place at which the definite decision of the class as a whole...
...unpractical from, whereby they benefit the few and disregard the many; that those who come to them in a search for culture are being "suckled in a creed outworn." The field which the state institution would fill is not clearly stated, and it hardly behooves anyone to form an opinion--or a prejudice--without hearing both sides of the question...
...present there seems to be an apathy in regard to the whole matter which is most surprising; for it is clearly the duty of every undergraduate to give close consideration to the question, and, if possible to register his opinion. By this means the Overseers will be provided with an indication of the feelings of a considerable number of men now in the University, and a large body of the alumni will be brought to a realization of the seriousness of the step proposed...
Among the many lessons to be gleaned from the European War is one concerning which there is very little diversity of opinion. Recent reports have demonstrated the very great value of anti-typhoid inoculation in preventing typhoid fever, not only in the army but also in civilian population. The anti-typhoid inoculations are now regarded as much a part of the necessary equipment of those going to the war zone as vaccination against small-pox on a healthy body. All the members of the Harvard Unit that recently sailed for the American ambulance received the inoculations...