Word: perils
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...main danger to the three historic universities of the east--Harvard, Yale and Princeton--is the danger of becoming inbred. Harvard, it would seem, definitely met that peril some years ago, when it shook off many of its Boston inhibitions and, through broadening its entrance examinations, made a clear bid for matriculants from high schools all over the country. Princeton, with its recent limitation of enrollment, may be just about to face the real danger of localization of influence. Yale, through calling to its presidency James Rowland Angell, a graduate of the University of Michigan and the former dean...
...better hygienic conditions, and the degree of civilization existing in the United States has been the means of keeping us comparatively free from epidemics traceable to unsanitary methods of living. However fortunate we have been in the past, we cannot now afford to relax our vigilance against future peril. Two deaths have been reported in New York City, the first fatalities resulting from the typhus since 1892; health officials at that city have detected scores of vermin-bearing immigrants admitted through the port of Boston. Although the co-operation of the Italian Health Service shows important progress...
...Butler exaggerates the peril. It is fairly common experience that the college student or the schoolboy, if given free rein, will not go in too heavily for the subjects that teach one how to make a living. Their inclination is pretty strong for the snap courses that teach us how to live. New York Evening Post...
...annual dinner of the New York Harvard Club, Colonel W. Rand '88 was vigorously applauded when he spoke as follows: "Regarding the so-called 'Red peril,' no one who knows the history of Harvard need worry about her attitude. She stands for academic freedom and free and open discussion on all things by instructors and students. At times this freedom may bring embarrassing situations, but if these are met by tact they will do far less harm than suppression of free discussion. No Harvard man of today would wish it otherwise. I speak for the great body of Alumni...