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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strength, and the obvious query is, what is it for? We say, and sincerely believe, it is for defense only; but will this be accepted by other nations? Diplomatic authorities tell us that the Kaiser was an earnest worker for peace, and did not willfully precipitate the war. This statement is usually greeted with smiles, and references to the enormous military organization of Germany, and to historical fact. Our military preparations will be undeniable, and unfortunately historical. Fact is none too reassuring in our case. Our expansion southward in Porto Rico. Panama, San Domingo, Danish West Indass, Hayti, Nicaragua...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 1/26/1917 | See Source »

...backing the speaker. But is this the case? Harvard has allowed Ian Hay to speak in Sanders. Nobody intimated that Harvard was, for that reason, pro-Ally. But when, the next month, Harvard excludes Mrs. Skeffington, the Boston Herald relates the incident on its front page with the statement that "it was generally understood among the students that the action of the College authorities was taken because of Mrs. Skeffington's supposed anti-British sentiments." There was also a foul blast from another Boston sheet to the effect that Harvard suppresses the truth. If Mrs. Skeffington had been allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speakers in University Halls. | 1/20/1917 | See Source »

President Lowell closes his report with the significant statement that by raising the tuition, Harvard has drawn on her last source of supply. If she is to maintain her present position among American universities and attract men who can adequately fill the chairs of the great professors whom she has lost by death or resignation during the present year, more funds must be forthcoming. The $10,000,000 endowment fund is the best answer which Harvard's graduates can give to this plea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL'S REPORT. | 1/19/1917 | See Source »

...close approach to the kernel of the matter is contained in a statement of President Lowell's that "Culture . . . does not mean the possession of a body of knowledge common to all educated men, for there is no such thing today. It denotes rather an attitude of mind than a specific amount of information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ATTITUDE OF MIND | 1/12/1917 | See Source »

Professor Taussig made the following statement in regard to his appointment yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TAUSSIG ON COMMISSION | 1/8/1917 | See Source »

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