Word: truth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question of the advisability of bequeathing scholarships has lately come into prominence due to the growing belief on the part of many that holders of such benefices do not appreciate the ultimate object of the gifts. As an answer to this sentiment which, though its essential truth may be doubted is certainly receiving sufficient publicity to warrant discussion, comes the statement from the Hadmon Foundation of New York. The Foundation proposes that scholarships be granted as loans to be repaid with a low rate of interest by the recipient when he is in a position to cancel the obligation...
Gilbert Murray's presence here has been a living rebuke to this passion for the latest, the simply clever, the sensational. To those willing to learn he has taught the charm of truth without the prevailing ornaments of paradox and pseudo-sophistication. He rather deals in truth which we have forgotten, passed by; the recalls our attention to the lessons of the past...
...statement given out at the Lampoon building yesterday, President J. O. Whedon '27, declared: "There is absolutely no truth in the story which appeared in the CRIMSON this morning. It is true that a party was held, but it was a quiet affair with no morons present. The Lampoon resents the implied slur on the reputation of the innocent turkey, who did no more than to lose her head. Incidently, a good time...
...good man." And in an earlier number of the same magazine, Edward Martin from the editor's easy chair takes stock of the personal qualities of the great educator: "A splendid man; tolerant, generous, bold: not always right, but majestic in the steadiness of his effort to know the truth and teach it, and make it prevail...
...Faithful to our tradition, you have maintained freedom for both teachers and students to search for the truth and to report what they believe they have found...