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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After years of "shirtsleeve diplomacy" and ambassadorial mediocrity, such improvements as are indicated by the exporters must make a strong appeal to the reason of every college man and every American who holds at heart the prestige of his country among the nations of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICAN DIPLOMACY | 12/20/1919 | See Source »

...this reason that an American mandate in Turkey would have little difficulty in winning the support of a great part of the Turkish population. They are sick of the endless bickerings and disputes that have been carried on among the rulers, sick of endless revolutions and counter revolutions. If America can bring peace, as she can, then the Turkish people will gladly accept any rule that we impose upon them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON MAN BACK FROM CONSTANTINOPLE SAYS "TERRIBLE TURK" NOT REALLY BLOOD THIRSTY | 12/19/1919 | See Source »

Apparently such a course of inaction can be explained in but two ways: either the war has not taught us anything worth adopting, or else we have not been keen enough to profit from its lessons. Is it again a case of "Harvard indifference," or is there a deeper reason than appears on the surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTELLECTUAL PREPAREDNESS. | 12/18/1919 | See Source »

...recent address a professor of the University gave an explanation of Harvard's inaction which is worthy of thoughtful consideration. He said that the reason there had been no abrupt upset here after the war is that Harvard has always progressed at a smooth rather than a jerky rate. Ever on the lookout and with committees always investigating and suggesting improvements, the University has grown slowly but continuously. In this way Harvard, under President Eliot, faced the period of readjustment after the Civil War. The growth of the graduate schools, the liberalizing of the requirements for the degree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTELLECTUAL PREPAREDNESS. | 12/18/1919 | See Source »

...here. Harvard was the first college to adopt, the "Comprehensive Plan" for entrance, and has been a leader in the system of concentration, distribution and general examinations. The recent progressive steps taken by other universities have only in rare instances gone beyond what Harvard has already done. Perhaps the reason that Harvard has remained comparatively unchanged this year is that she was prepared to meet modern conditions before they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTELLECTUAL PREPAREDNESS. | 12/18/1919 | See Source »

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