Word: supporters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Asked as to whether he favored the system of having dormitories for all the classes, Professor Leacock replied that strongly as the dormitories impressed him, he could never support any plan that endangered the freedom of the individual. "We have seen the effect of the Prussian system of compulsion in the universities," he went on, "and we must be careful that we do not lose that freedom which has always characterized British and American university life...
...Thirty or forty years ago there was the same discussion of academic freedom as today, but then the conflict waged about Darwin. Many earnest persons argued that no college professor should be allowed to support the Darwinian theory lest the young college man lose his religion. The investigation of evolution continued, however; the Darwinians won, and no one now contends that the results have been fatal to religion or morality...
...after all, the university gains the greatest support if it has in its faculty the greatest, the most fearless men--men who are not afraid to give voice to their beliefs. Personally, I think that the Endowment Fund has profited much by the universal realization that here at Harvard there is no attempt to standarize the individual...
...allow any inferences of cheapness. Let us show Yale that we can support our team with our own songs. G. C. BABCLAY, 1L. E. W. PAVENSTEDT...
Tomorrow evening at 7.15, when the final mass meeting of the year will be held in the Union, the University will show the members of the football team what support they can expect next Saturday. The team will be present during the singing, cheering and addresses by Captain Murray, Coach Fisher, and one other members of the coaching staff...