Word: regarder
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...true effectiveness of probation, like that of the honor system in regard to theses and reports, is a matter of undergraduate opinion, and undergraduate opinion seems sadly lacking; it even passes indifferently over those men who, having the ability to represent the University in one form of undergraduate activity or another, are forced to retire by "difficulties with the College Office"--men who perhaps have most cause for going on probation, because of press of outside work, but men who by the same token should be most ashamed to go on, since they may be harming not only their...
...authorities, but all censure from friends who would be quick to frown upon cheating in other forms. Public opinion alone can deal with this practice and can reduce it to a very small minimum, just as it has reduced cheating in examinations; to arouse public opinion in regard to the matter, several fundamental conceptions must be impressed on the minds of undergraduates. The first of these is that they are on their honor, as far as outside work is concerned, quite as much as though they had signed a written pledge, for on some such tacit understanding all our work...
...manufactures, and business; but above all, it should be remembered that it is not the duty of everyone to enlist, and Harvard undergraduates should watch coolly and intelligently to see the drift of national affairs. Watch and wait until the actual call comes, is the maxim for all to regard...
...serve in the camps and garrisons. Neither President Wilson, Congress, nor the country as a whole desire war; and the officials of all the Latin American countries are also decidedly opposed to it. But if Harvard men are actually called to the front; the first serious questions will regard preparation and the dangers of sickness and fever. Every man who thinks of going must assure himself that the life is one of hardship, that it is one that will test every fibre of his being, his courage, and his character...
...must regard the situation from a practical, matter-of-fact point of view, and must resist our desire to forsake routine for novelty. He concluded with saying, "Take no risk of distracting and distressing your fathers, mothers, and friends without sufficient reason. Remember that the risk you take is not only for yourself, but for those who are near you. Stick to your work here until your work becomes war, and then answer the call of your country and go and fight with everything that is within...