Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Division of History, Government and Economics. During the current year he is giving lectures at Yale also. The brilliancy of his intellect and his capacity as a teacher are generally recognized, but his views on social and political topics run far afield from those which have usually been accounted orthodox, and his recent utterances on the Boston police strike have been hotly challenged by some of his colleagues, as they doubtless will be by many of the alumni...
...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...
...bomb bursting in air or merely the printed legend, "Christmas Number," but there is something worth looking over anyway. The front cover is rather impressive, by the way--much better in its colors of red and blue and its unusual theme than a "Merry Xmas" affair, done in the orthodox red and green. Not a holly leaf in sight, either. You take the laurel sprig for this num- ber, Lampy...
...most radical part of the new school's program is the disappearance of Latin and Greek, and the attempt to make translations of the classics serve the same purpose. Modern languages, science, industry, and the domestic arts will have the most important places in the new curriculum. The orthodox leaders of the present educational methods already have expressed their horror at the introduction of these innovations...
...year having been officially welcomed and speeded in unmentioned ways not sanctioned by the most orthodox Puritans, we turn again to work. One of the unfailing companions of the first week of January, as unfailing as shattered resolutions, is a grisly warning of the imminence of mid-years and possible disaster. With a hundred other Cassandra-like prophets we again raise our voice and give warning of impending destruction...