Word: self-respect
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...protest first against a Harvard publication descending to such a low level of deceney as to attack a Harvard instructor in so personal and disrespectful a way. Vile slander such as the Lampoon has indulged in had better not appear in print, both for the sake of Harvard's self-respect and reputation...
...Covenant is largely and essential-ally an American document. First, America led the way in the creation of the League. As Dean Haskins said recently in Sanders Theatre, we should ratify promptly in order to "save our self-respect." Very concrete evidence is at hand to show that the Covenant is essentially American. Article X is practically a verbal reproduction of President Wilson's fourteenth point. This Article has been called one "heart" of the Covenant...
...shades of departed centuries! Are we to allow this "willful group of men" to undermine our self-respect by forcing us to the yeast-cake and the vanilla extract? If the President had declared the emergency law cancelled, think of what tonight would be. Think of what next morning would be. Truly, the war was a terrible war to have changed the world so much...
...rewritten. We are commencing a new year. Can any member of the University make a more auspicious beginning than by a resolution to perform the duty and enjoy the opportunity of regular attendance at Chapel? It is a habit which will strengthen and deepen the foundations of character and self-respect. The few minutes each day devoted to a consideration of the deeper problems of life will give infinite reward and satisfaction to him who will but seize the opportunity...
...that their services were really needed. If these men pass their examinations for commission they are entitled to be used either for further training, or with troops. Such was the promise when they went into camp, and the Government owes it to them as well as to its own self-respect, to keep that promise. It would also be a military blunder to send half the graduates home, have them break training, and subject them to the humiliation of being dependents upon their families when many of them have hitherto be help in to support their families. Officers...