Word: tactfulness
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...Poincare's equivocal tact in the matter of stage morals...
...tact, his understanding and sympathy, and his unfailing cordiality, Mr. Allen has succeeded in making the University better understood, both inside the Yard and out. The fact that the traditional hostility to Harvard has steadily diminished within the last college generation can be attributed directly to his efforts...
...these few reservations are felt only when reading the play. When acted, they all vanish in the grace of the witty, tender dialogue, which is written with perfect tact, without the least vulgarity or bad taste, and which succeeds in giving to everything, no matter how far-fetched, the illusion of reality...
...CRIMSON wishes to take this opportunity to express its appreciation for the action which the Governing Boards of the University have taken in the matter of posthumous degrees for honorable service in the war. The University has shown admirable tact in adding to her roll of graduates these twenty-eight men who did not complete their college courses. Harvard is honored in numbering them among her sons. They have fought for her ideals and gladly given up their lives. This reward, slight though it is, will carry their memory down to future generations of Harvard...
...help to perpetuate the memory of a great athlete and sportsman by means of the game which he loved best was an act of exquisite tact. Everything possible was done to preserve the Baker tradition--even the officials of the game were former associates of "Hobey's". But aside from the tribute to the individual the game was a courteous indication of good will to the University. The Princeton Triangle Club's performance for the benefit of the Harvard endowment drive, the Harvard hockey team's benefit game for the Baker Rink, are evidences of good feeling between the Universities...