Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Bolshevik under the caption "Hitting Heresy at Harvard." The article tells the story of the hazing, the stand of the Harvard Liberal Club, and quotes the CRIMSON's editorial which said "Freedom of conscience is one of the principles for which Harvard has always stood." So far these youthful gentlemen have no fault to find. They continue by stating the steps that the University has taken to safeguard free speech in general and this Freshman in particular. But they are not satisfied with these. For no apparent reason that we can see they come to the conclusion that "The incident...
...have felt a coldness on the part of the Americans, it is due neither to a lack of appreciation nor a disregard of the honor they grant us. They have ever treated us with the most marked courtesy; so that without a personal acquaintance we know them to be gentlemen...
...commercial advantage of the taker. Much criticism was heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt for his procedure, but he had to decide whether we would take possession of the ends of the railroad on the Isthmus and keep the traffic clear, or whether we would stand back and let those Southern gentlemen cut each others' throats for an indefinite time and destroy whatever, remnant of our property and our interests we had there. Roosevelt had to do exactly as he did, or the only alternative would have been an indefinite duration of bloodshed and devastation through the whole extent of the Isthmus...
...should like herewith to disclaim any knowledge of the communication in question, and am perfectly frank to say that I have not followed the controversy, and have not the pleasure of the acquaintance of any of the gentlemen taking part in it. DONALD B. CLARK...
...with the deepest regret that I bring these gentlemen down out of the clouds of pedagogical debate, and ask them, in the grand old words of the great Icelandic poet, Skjalmar Sverson: What are you going to do about it? It is with malice toward no one of them, and full charity for all of them that I classify them as utterly irrelevant to all collegiate affairs, entirely incompetent to face the problems they discuss in any practical way, and wholly immaterial to the progress of the universe. WILLIAM L. PROSSER...