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...understand that there has been some discussion of the possibility of introducing the college system in this country. Without attempting to give a hasty judgment, I should be inclined to say that the system of fraternities in this country. Without attempting to give a hasty judgment, I should be inclined to say that the system of fraternities in this country would make the college system impracticable. The fraternities are in America a strong social and political force, and they are so deeply embedded in the structure of higher education that an attempt to infringe upon their privileges would meet with...
...furthermore, although we have a considerable number of men interested in athletics, our sports are much less the center of public interest than are yours. In America, I fear that the increasingly professional attitude of sports will work harm to both the men and the universities, and I can understand the alarm felt by your college presidents...
...views expressed in 1923 in a press conference: "There is no change in the American policy, which, as I understand it, is awaiting evidence of the existence of a government there that, in accordance with our standards, would warrant recognition ; one that has such a form and has adopted such policies that we should be warranted in saying to the American people this is a government, that meets these standards and these requirements, and you will be justified in making commitments accordingly, and expecting, when these commitments are made, the usual support of your own government...
...have to know anything about tennis to understand it. Even as a generality, the crux of a vague plot, you must recognize in that moment the nice opposition of tensions and sympathies that make any situation either rococo or sublime. Here is a great champion. For six years he has held sway over the whole world, and if he succeeds for the seventh year he will equal the legend left behind by the greatest champion* before him. More than that, he knows that the confidence of his countrymen rests in his prowess, for he opposes a man from another nation...
...must be a thinking being. Nothing so departs from the norm of thinking as the quick adherence to futile and fanciful phenomena. With an open mind the member of the Class of 1930 who is to remain a real member of Harvard University must not alone work to understand what is given him from authority, he must weigh the value of authority. He must choose among authorities. In short, he must think. Yet always he must remember that the perverse, the peculiar is the prerogative of genius alone. And the numerical constituency of genius is small in this country...