Word: rooting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...leader of educational reaction in America. There is just enough distorted truth in this charge to demand a refutation. Out accusers must necessarily answer this question: Is there at Harvard a corporate academic conservatism? And no unbiased observer could fail to answer this question in the negative. The root of all these charge lies in a dangerous misconception; It is assumed that because many students are of the conservative class. This is obviously ridiculous. The Status of a certain group of students can neither be caused be nor cause the intellectual status of the University. Harvard maintains ideals of free...
...volumes of addresses by the Honorable Elihu Root are among these fall publications of the Press. "Addresses on Government and Citizenship" is a masterly exposition of the principles of the Constitution and the government established by it. "Addresses on Military Organization and Colonial Policy" deals with the problems which may be regarded as the consequence or aftermath of the Spanish-American War. Both volumes are edited by Robert Bacon '94 and James Brown Scott...
...root of the trouble is not hard to find. The intense rivalry between the various colleges, the subordination of everything to the desire for teams which will win, these things have led to absurd competition in expenditures. It is like the race for armaments. The argument is that no team can hope to win unless it can be provided with all high priced coaching, scouting, dieting and other paraphernalia that its rivals are getting. To the progressive development of that absurdity, as the Yale report wisely points out, there is no end in sight. The time has surely come, therefore...
Chicago, Ill., June 9.--The first ballot in the Republican convention was cast at 8.30 o'clock tonight. Hughes led the field with 253 1-2, while Roosevelt was eighth with 65. The other candidates trailed in the following order: Weeks, 105; Root, 103; Cummins, 85; Burton, 77 1-2; Fairbanks, 74 1-2; Sherman, 66; Knox, 36; Ford, 32; La Follette, 25; Taft, 14; DuPont, 12; Brumbaugh, 9; Willis, 4; Borah, 2; McCall...
...second ballot Hughes received 328 1-2; Root, 98 1-2; Fairbanks, 88 1-2; Cummins, 85; Roosevelt, 80; Weeks, 79; Burton, 76 1-2; Sherman, 65; Knox, 37; La Follette, 25; McCall, 1; Willis, 1; Wood, 1; Harding...