Word: plead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Frank J. Goodnow, President of Johns Hopkins, took occasion in his commencement address to plead for " academic freedom " in American universities, and to condemn the " recent tendency which has been directed towards dictating to those who teach what they shall and shall not teach, and towards excluding from textbooks matter believed to be objectionable." The Hirshfields and Atwoods are apparently to have opposition they will scarcely be able to meet...
...deposed Sultan, Mohammed VI, appointed a delegation of nine to accompany him to Lausanne, where he intends to plead the cause of Islam against the Kemalists. He has left Mecca in the Hedjaz, where he was the guest of King Hussein, and is now en route for Switzerland...
...further announcement about the new plan for a June "Quarter Day", the College Office made it plain yesterday that men in danger of disciplinary action as a result of June grades, will have an opportunity to present their cases to the Administrative Board, but will not actually plead their cases in person before that body...
...extension of the "Quarter Day" plan to include final examination rulings, as announced yesterday, is a part. It is just that students who are content with low grades should be disciplined. But it is also just that students who have received low grades should be given an opportunity to plead any extenuating circumstances which may be responsible...
...doubtless degenerate in a very short time into a propaganda bureau with the sole object of keeping the defending party in and the besieging party put. It probably would not even be successful, to that extent. Actions speak louder than words. If an Administration has been successful, "virtues will plead like angels trumpet-tongued". And conversely, if its wares are worthless, no amount of salesmanship will be effective in dumping them on the community...