Word: silently
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rice's condemnation of the policy of the Military Science Committee in asking Harvard to champion the cause of universal training seems somewhat unwarranted. To ask a College like this to remain silent on such an important issue is to deny it one of its chief functions. It is to the colleges above all other institutions that the country looks for opinions as to our military policy; for it is the colleges who will be called upon to share a good portion of the burden should universal training be adopted. Therefore, Mr. Rice's analogy that colleges are not heard...
...traditions of our stage. In person, in voice, in acting, Mr. Hampden presents a Prince of Denmark who is a troubled human being rather that a mere deliverer of theatric monologues. Surrounded by a competent company, with an entirely adequate but extremely simple stage setting, with quick and silent changes, he gives us more of the play than we usually see. The action marches as a whole, and not as a series of incidents loosely strung together. A great actor is interpreting one of the masterpieces of all time; his understanding and his power allow him to show his audience...
...misconception has provoked the spirited derision or the silent scorn of those famaliar with the facts. Acknowledging that the use of alcoholic stimulants had has a certain vogue at Harvard, they deny that it has been greater there than at other universities; and they contend that no one can tell whether its influence has been for good or evil. Alcohol has damaged some young men in college, no doubt,--though it would probably have damaged them just the same if they had never gone to college. That it has been an aid to others without doing them any harm...
...part England has played in this war," Dr. Gregg went on, "will probably never be appreciated by those in America who are accustomed to giving publicity to everything they are proud of. The same silent pride the English soldier takes in his accomplishments also applies to his sacrifices...
...held last evening in Wadsworth House to further interest in Chapel attendance, Professor Bliss Perry spoke of the importance of voluntary Chapel in reference to college morale, saying that if offers an opportunity for "bringing a larger horizon into view" for a short time every day. "By the mere silent example of doing it," he said, "I hope you will help to maintain the fine old tradition of attending voluntary Chapel...