Word: reaction
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reaction on the outside public is a matter which should be well considered. The stretch between Wilfred Humphries being allowed to speak at Harvard and encouraged to speak at Harvard is not a long one. We do not wish it thought that the University believes in such tactics as his, for it is not true. We would not object to a sober and intellectual discussion of Russian affairs, both from admirers and critics, but we do object to unbalanced speeches from avowed propagandists...
...other way does the November Advocate show its rejuvenation more strikingly than in its editorials; tinged with a deliciously pungent humor, they stand a sturdy proof that Mother Advocate has abandoned her myopic spectacles of prejudice and reaction to gaze forth once more with the vision of the real Harvard. Prose and verse, fiction and discussion, all show, the same freshness, and are of almost equal merit...
Professor Levy Bruhl's lecture in Philosophy 16 on "The Reaction against the Spirit of the 18th century" will be given on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 8 at 4.80, instead of Monday afternoon, at the usual time. This change is occasioned by the visit of Cardinal Mercier, who is to be received by the University at that time...
...strikes of the last few months have been in the form of a reaction against the spirit of patriotism and selfsacrifice prevalent during the war. Organized groups of employers and employees have been trying to get as much as possible while the "grabbing is good." As a result, the production of manufactured articles has been lessened at the time when practically no imports are being received from Europe. Consequently the cost of living has soared...
...Class Day number of the Harvard Advocate peculiarly interesting as an index of the reaction of a group of representative undergraduates to the force now stirring the world. In this number the present widespread social and political unrest is ascribed to various causes, among which Mr. Colby '21 emphasizes the dearth of old fashioned orthodox religion. He sees possibilities of license in the present opportunities for liberty of speech and opinions in this country, and points out the dangers we face through lack of some central autocratic fear-inspiring authority...