Word: opprobrium
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...movements, of course, there must be opposition. Freedom of speech and thought, differences of opinion on all questions, are to be desired. But there is a limit to all things. A handful of misguided Senators blocked the passage of military measures at Washington, and brought upon themselves the opprobrium of the nation; a handful of misguided undergraduates of the University are screaming for neutrality even now. Some of them are sincere, but blind, in their beliefs; others are simply cowards...
...efforts conducive to the most complete fulfillment of this purpose promote more than anything else the welfare of the university. Hence the highest praise is due to undergraduate scholars who are willing to forego the praise and emulation of their fellow students and often suffer under terms of opprobrium in order to further the real purpose of their college and to prepare themselves to extend its influence in the future. So to the men, who after two and three years of great exertion and hard, earnest work have distinguished themselves as the leading scholars of Harvard College, we extend...