Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exaggeration of a statement delivered in the fire of oratory may be excused, but not so the essentially faulty idea of the reverent doctor. Fair example of a teacher in the American college may be found at Harvard. If the lecturer has the intention of deceiving the student, certainly the plot has been skillfully concealed. Scholars may reach conclusions which are at odds with the teachings of the church, but the blame does not rest with the professor. The student forms his own beliefs...
...late hour last night the CRIMSON was able to get the following statement from A. C. Hanford, Dean of Harvard College: "In the death of Professor Richards Harvard has lost one of its most eminent professors, and the field of chemistry its most outstanding figure. He was not only a scientist who made revolutionary discoveries in chemistry, but was a great teacher whose influence will live through the many students who have worked under him. Although a busy man he was always ready to give unlimited time to problems of the University, and for friendly advice to his colleagues...
Alarmed but also annoyed at seeing his bright quip give rise to international complications, Secretary MacDonald sent by special messenger a cleverly equivocal note to Consul Dominguez. "In that statement," he said, "the term 'Mexican General' was used in no way referring to the genuine Mexican generals who have shown ability and valor, but to the guerilla generals in Mexico, who for many years have infested that country to its detriment...
...greatly regret that my brief statement of the purposes of the new field should have been accompanied by headlines and preamble which were contrary to fact, and by an editorial which was, to say the least, misleading. Very truly yours, Ralph Barton Perry...
...statement to the CRIMSON yesterday Coach Farrell said that Harvard's track material this year, if properly developed, should make it a likely contender for victories in the three objective meets of the year, Dartmouth, Yale, and the Intercollegiates. "The track material in the University," he said, "is as good this year is it has been any year since I have been connected with the sport...