Word: columnism
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...north end of the bridge, a tablet on the right hand column bears the following dedication, which explains the use of the scholar and soldier symbols: "This bridge was built in memory of Nicholas Longworth Anderson, graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1858; Adjutant-Colonel, Brevet-Brigadier and Major-General of volunteers in the Civil War. To a father by a son." Above this tablet, on the north side is the eagle, the soldier's habit, shield, helmet and banner all welded in bronze forms. On the opposite side of the column is a similar symbol composed...
...column on the east side of the bridge nearest the Weld boathouse bears the same symbols only in reversed positions, the symbol of the scholar facing the north and that of the soldier toward the Stadium. On the tablet below is the following inscription: "May this bridge, built in memory of a scholar and soldier, connecting the College Yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an every present reminder to students passing over it of loyalty to country and alma mater, and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood, developed by study and play on the banks...
...each of the two columns at the south end of the bridge, nearest the Stadium, the same two symbols have been placed in positions corresponding to those at the opposite end of the bridge. The right hand column, as one faces the Stadium, has a tablet on which these words have been inscribed: "On either side of the river there was a tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."--Rev. XXII, 2. Above this is the symbol...
...would be impossible to mirror public opinion in the University in an editorial column. A clearly defined public opinion does not exist, in the first place. That there are two sides to every question is an axiom too often lost sight of. No one supposes that because the CRIMSON says summer military camps or other more subtle forms of militaristic propaganda are bad, the whole University-to a man-solemnly echoes, "Yes, they are bad, very...
...fulfil certain competition requirements, the most important of which is a thorough familiarity with University affairs. Its editorials represent the opinions of those Harvard men. It claims the right to try to be constructive and to disagree with the opinions of other members of the University. Its communication column is always open for the honest expression of other men's opinions...