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...Root in a long and varied career has confronted many difficult problems, but never, perhaps one quite so ticklish as this. Like Diogenes he must wander through the streets searching for new members who will meet all the requirements of membership at the particular moment. One candidate will have to be not only a catholic, but also a Progressive, a free-trader, and a supporter of the open shop. Another vacancy may call for a Protestant, a supporter of Davis, a backer of immigration, limitation, and a firm friend of high protective tariffs...
...some days ago pointing out the "unsuspected dangers" in the new deputation work, was written under a misunderstanding of the work which the Phillips Brooks House plans to do this year. For some years past the Christian Association here has carried on the particular work you described as "ticklish"--and without failing into the pitfalls you pointed...
...deputation groups can dissipate Harvard's reputation for "indifference" which is prevalent among the schoolboys, and can show an unselfish friendliness and interest in their cases,--and yet adhere strictly to their original purpose--they are to be commended and encouraged. But deputation work at best is a ticklish business--the attractive opportunity thus offered for proselyting is too great a one to be resisted by most colleges. Phillips Brooks House should realize the dangers before embarking on a new work, the actual results of which might not be those expected, and which might engage Harvard in a practice...
...said that if the Legislature succeeded in meeting it would have a sufficient K. K. K. majority to impeach Mr. Walton. He was in a ticklish position for all his six-foot, well-built frame. Oklahoma vibrated with the war drum...
...assistant deans are chosen from the men best qualified for their peculiarly ticklish task. They are young but experienced men, who have lost none of their youthful enthusiasm, and are able to sympathize with students who fall into their hands, and to offer the useful advice that it prompted only by complete understanding...