Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Japanese students at Harvard--and the same is true for all our foreign students--have a determining influence upon the attitude of their native country toward America. We have every reason to be grateful for Mr. Matsuno's assurance that "it is the Japanese student educated in the University who will interpret to the Japanese nation the virility of American life and American ideals." The surest road to lasting international friendship is for the future leaders of the great nations to develop an attitude of mutual trust before assuming responsibility for the opinions of their fellow-countrymen. In this...
...doubt the advisability of an attempt to combine these two, for the reason, which the "Illustrated" seems to have overlooked, that a gymnasium is not suitable as a memorial. No matter, how elaborate or how modern it may be, no matter what care is spent on planning and construction, any such building will eventually become antiquated and useless--even as Hemenway is today, although when the latter was completed in 1879 it was revolutionary in its magnificence. In the "Harvard Herald" of October 2, 1883, we read "It can fairly be said that the new Harvard Gymnasium has been...
...doubted. For the sake of an ideal, America sent millions of men to Europe and placed all her resources at the disposal of the Allies when, in a material sense, she had nothing to gain. No nation in history has ever before made such sacrifices for such a reason...
...Thirty years later, when the reason arose for these countries to band together and subdue the monster of present civilization, the anchor that Lowell had forged held...
...eligibility rules, made necessary by the fact that so many students have been in military service, and the arrangement of dates and places for intercollegiate athletic contests in the different branches of sport. All reports attributing any further significance to these conferences are entirely without foundation. The only reason no news has been given out is that there has been no news to give. Very truly yours, R. B. MERRIMAN, Temporary Chairman, Athletic Committee...