Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good communications because they are too long for publication. The CRIMSON solicits a free expression of opinion upon matters of general interest to the University, but lack of space makes it imperative that all communications be short and to the point. As a rule, three hundred words is the upper limit. A subject must be one of unusual gravity which cannot be treated within this limit...
...disposed to think that in too much of our college legislation we have drafted uniform rules for all undergraduates, with the result that upper classmen have been rather too much restricted and Freshmen not enough restricted. By the end of the Freshman year, we unquestionably must get the Freshman ready for the responsibilities of an upper classman, which, especially since the introduction of the General Examination, are probably greater at Harvard than at most colleges; but the earlier part of the Freshman year--especially the first quarter of it must attach itself educationally to the end of the school course...
Ecclesiastically free, situated in one of the world's most densely populated centres of study (Upper Manhattan), sworn to a liberal policy and proud of a liberal tradition, Union has directed its appeal to "thoughtful and liberal-minded people ... at the moment when theological education is receiving the most severe criticism within our memory...
Lord Bryce, whose dismal prophesies concerning the abilities of American public men have long been accepted with humility, may yet be refuted. The upper hierarchy of officials and representatives begins to shine with intellectual distinction of a sort a condition which would hardly have been tolerated by the electorate of Jackson's time. Strange as this state may be to those who feel that the government must reflect the stupidity as well as the wishes of the masses, it would be more alarming if the extraordinary diffusion of higher education among the prosperous classes in America were not soon reflected...
Effendi corresponds roughly to the English Sir. Actually it means master or lord and is given to members of the professions and upper classes who have no higher rank. Effendim (my master) is used by servants to their employers...