Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trying to handle this money with a reasonable measure of safety. As long as I am a member of the board that will be my purpose. I do not want to be confirmed under any impression that any other policy will be followed...
That there will be some abuse of this freedom is inevitable. The Dean's Office, however, has been wise enough to realize that the large majority of men in Harvard really want to study and will respect their new liberty...
...attractiveness of the buildings, athletic and other rivalries, and the houses as havens for returning alumni. This may all well be, yet it emphasizes a tendency too easily succumbed to on the part of the advocates of the House Plan to emphasize the house aspect and forget Yale. We want no heterogeneous conglomeration of houses like Oxford--no Ballot, Chariot's or Trinity: we want Yale, transcending the whole and holding this house aspect in check when it comes to these questions of loyalty and rivalry...
...spent last Monday going around the London Parks looking for suitable places where children may get all the sun they want. ... I hope to arrange for sun bathing by the time next summer comes round...
...occur to mar the present friendly feeling which Australians have for Americans. The United States is Australia's model. We study everything you do and endeavor to imitate you to the best advantage. We have the greatest admiration for Ameri can spirit and vigor, and American methods generally. We want to be like Americans. It seems to me that the wise thing would be for our two countries to get closer and closer together...