Word: outspoken
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...country to promote the physical vigor of the undergraduates by keeping alive an unflagging interest in sports. Quite recently, in an address in New York City, M. J. Pickering, graduate manager of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania, justified this policy by attributing its adoption to the outspoken appeal of the student body for participation in various branches of sport in order that they might fit themselves for military service...
...Harvard Magazine in 1864--were literary magazines, each short-lived. With the appearance, on March 9, 1866, of the first number of the Collegian--a fortnightly "newspaper intended to represent the views and opinions of Harvard students"--began the present era of University journalism. The Collegian was outspoken and caustic in tone. It deplored the "little disposition manifested by the instructors to establish and confirm a friendship between the student and themselves"; it attacked with keen satire compulsory church attendance on Sunday and the system of compulsory chapel. After its third issue the Collegian was suppressed by the Faculty...
...boss who is a brute, or be the slave to an idea which bosses him like a brute." Thus in a few words is stated the be-all and end-all of the disciplinarian's creed. It was something of this dogma which stood behind Dean Randall's remarkably outspoken address made recently to the alumni of Brown University. "Where Colleges Fail to Educate" was the subject which he chose, and it gave him a dozen opportunities to point the failures of our educational system. "Colleges lay too little stress upon punctuality and thoroughness in the performance of required work...
...from a sincere dramatic instinct. Few have had more devoted followers, and few have been more wholly admirable in their attitudes toward their families. He stood unabashed before Victoria's rank, his boldness pleasing rather than disconcerting her. This was also the case elsewhere, the fact that he was outspoken proving attractive rather than repulsive. Perhaps his largest asset in achieving success was his imagination, which led him directly to his great schemes for England's territorial aggrandizement. In spite of his love for fame, he added too much to England's glory to be truly called an opportunist...