Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...upright figure of that day is now a memory. In part it will be the purpose of the memorial service eight days hence to commemorate that memory. But the service will be more than a commemoration. It will express that spirit which was so strong in Eliot, which is the unifying force binding together all members of the Harvard community. He himself expressed it on that last public appearance in the Yard...
...post-vacation examinations. Harvard, on the other hand, has greater freedom for students in the matter of lecture attendance, has now instituted something of post vocational exams, and the daily recommendation by the CRIMSON of certain worthwhile lectures is evidence that the students are readily falling into the spirit of the system. But the danger of abrupt changes is admitted by implication in the official report...
...once this year has the student body, or a part of it, shown any real spirit, and that was the Tuesday evening preceding the Texas football game when the mess hall went wild. Since then not a bubble has come to the surface to disturb the utter tranquility of Rice undergraduate affairs...
...British government thinks that abrogation [of its relations with Soviet Russia] is demanded by the interests of the British people and general peace, the British government must assume full responsibility for the ensuing consequences. The Soviet government will continue its policy of peace, excluding any aggressive spirit toward any other countries, and will sincerely welcome any mutual step toward peace on the part of Great Britain...
Self-education demands freedom and responsibility. President Eliot understood this and was striving toward freedom and responsibility when he brought in the elective system. He was adopting university methods. In the same spirit we have added the concentration requirements, the general examinations, and tutoring. Now we propose to take another step in the same direction and enlarge the students' opportunity and responsibility for work by themselves...