Word: risked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...midst of a burning debate on this subject arose Aristide Briand, seven times Premier of France, to plead with Premier Herriot to recede from his position before it was too late and to warn him that he ran the risk of uniting all French Catholics against him,. He told the Premier that it was often difficult for small countries to reach the Papal ear; and if France were no longer at the Vatican, it would be next to impossible. "We can play the part of Big Brother without much cost and with great profit," he continued, "but if we leave...
...facts of life to fit the theory. Unequalities there undoubtedly are at present, but they are explained as Rousseau explained them, by the corrupting influence of society and training. Rousseau and this most democratic of professors will be genial spirits in the next world, and the professor runs the risk of being branded, along with the amiable Jean-Jacques, "un fou enrage" in this...
Proponents and Antagonists. The advocates and antagonists of the measure are very mixed groups. President Coolidge, having indicated his approval of it, has since not cared to risk his prestige in its support...
...affirmative proposed hazing, in accordance with the Delta Alpha Plan used at Dartmouth, and pointed out that there was class hazing rather than-individual hazing. The negative contended that this would tend toward the old-fashioned forms with their objectionable features, particularly the risk of injury to the men, and would bring unfavorable publicity to the University. They further contended that hazing would not tend to create the sincere lasting friendship and the true college spirit which is fostered by the Harvard tradition of personal liberty. The judges awarded the negative a unanimous decision...
...second debate the Junior team defeated the Seniors by another close decision. Both sides took conservative views of the subject, neither advocating any forms of hazing which would involve any risk of personal injury to the participants. The Junior team, which upheld the affirmative of the question favored a controlled form of hazing consisting of the imposition of customs upon the Freshmen such as is done at Princeton. The negative was unable to attack such a system successfully. The winning Junior team was composed of A. L. Nathanson '26, A. G. King '26, and W. C. McFerran '26. Judges...