Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...anxious to correct one misstatement about which there can be no difference of opinion. Both heretofore and now the number of Rhodes men at Oxford at one time has been normally two from each state; the scholarships are for three years, and one man is appointed from each state two years out of every three. And there has been no new ruling to prevent the appointment of unworthy candidates; such a ruling always existed. The Rhodes Trust, it seems to me, has not shown any such lack of confidence in former methods or former scholars as you suggest. Would...
...this race is held it will be unique in the annals of intercollegiate athletic history, the only event at all resembling it being the air meet at Atlantic City last June. Such an innovation would undoubtedly be popular, is the opinion of Columbia Aero Club officers, if for no other reason than that the hazards of cross-country air racing puts this sport in a separate class from all other athletic activities...
Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Edwards, commandant of the Columbia R. O. T. C., said that most of the tardy students failed to appear at the armory because they did not realize the seriousness of the state order. In his opinion there are no indications that they are attempting to evade military service...
...Constituent of the 5th District. The United States Government was taking action with which I did not agree. I knew that there was a legal, constitutional method of making my opinions known on the subject by voting for a representative who would represent my beliefs. In accordance with the constitution and laws of the United States I went to the polls and voted in a legal, constitutional manner. A friend of mine, an advocate of direct action, smiled; he told me it was useless. Despite many disappointments I held faithful to my believe in indirect, representative, legal, constitutional action...
...others was abandoned as Utopian quite early in human history, and replaced by that of the Balance of Bower. This second system having failed egregiously in 1914, it is proposed to have nations maintain minimum armies and co-operate to resist aggression. A large body of American opinion however feels, as does the Editor of the CRIMSON, that, while the rest of the world should be encouraged to adopt the third system, America should revert to the first. The more fashionable way of working for this end is to talk with General Pershing and Colonel Goetz of citizenship and illiteracy...