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Jerome D. Greene tells William Loeb that Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard, is concerned about the publication of some telegrams in a New York paper. The telegrams did not come from Eliot’s office.
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1908-06-23
Charles William Eliot, the president of Harvard University, has received President Roosevelt’s request for information and will get back to him as quickly as possibly.
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1901-11-04
President Roosevelt tells Caspar Whitney that he does not know if the telegraph office or authorities at Harvard leaked the contents of telegrams between himself and Harvard President Charles William Eliot concerning the punishment of two students on the Harvard rowing team.
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1908-08-08
Vahan Cardashian writes to Andrew D. White expressing his concerns about the persecution Armenians are facing under the Turkish government and his fears the violence will escalate. He hopes White will be one of several other prominent men to form a committee that will weild their power to advocate for Armenian rights.
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1911-10-12
John Barrett responds to a note that Edward Charles O’Brien sent to Secretary of State Elihu Root about an article on the trip of Professor William R. Shepherd to South America. Barrett asks O’Brien to explain the situation to the University of Montevideo, because newspaper reports often do not give a full picture. He seeks to clarify Shepherd’s objectives in Latin and South America. Barrett also congratulates O’Brien for his work as Minister to Uruguay.
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1907-03-20
Henry Adams tells President Roosevelt that Roosevelt gave him a fright. He still needs to get through Charles Eliot.
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1907-03-11
Theodore Roosevelt reports on the achievements of Quentin, Archie, and Ted at the Plattsburgh military training camp, noting that they received good recommendations from their officers. To Roosevelt’s delight, Archie was placed in a position above Ted. Archie and Ted also traveled to Montreal, Quebec, to view the military preparations. The Plattsburgh camp has been very successful, and other camps are being formed across the country. Roosevelt criticizes President Wilson for his policy toward Germany and Mexico.
1915-08-28
An itinerary for President Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Harvard for the commencement.
1905-06-27
Article discussing Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard’s article in The Outlook regarding religious ideal in education.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911-11-12
A stork looks annoyed as President Eliot of Harvard University and President Roosevelt poke it with sticks labeled Lecture on “Race Suicide.” Caption:”Hi, you, there! Quit wasting so much time.”
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1903-02-20
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt believes that all Americans owe a debt to Walter Camp for his championing of athletics and exercise, which Roosevelt believes is necessary as America develops a larger population of sedentary classes. Roosevelt particularly approves of football, and is disdainful of people like Harvard University President Charles William Eliot who wish to ban it because of the injuries it can cause. Roosevelt discusses injuries he has sustained during various sports and exercises, and says that while he approves of altering football’s rules so that it is less dangerous, he would rather have it be dangerous than not have it at all. Many prominent politicians in Washington, D.C., were involved in sports during their college years, and Roosevelt draws a link between having a sound body and a sound mind.
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1895-03-11
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks John S. Patton for the copy of lectures by Charles William Eliot.
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1911-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt has not received copies of Frederick Scott Oliver’s book yet, but he believes he will be in agreement with it. He bemoans the inaction of President Woodrow Wilson in response to Germany’s invasion of Belgium. He comments on the movement for universal disarmament and a League of Peace, which he believes wrong-headed and ineffective.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Lyman Abbott of The Outlook Company regarding an enclosed private letter from Charles William Eliot. Roosevelt specifically addresses page two of the letter refuting Eliot’s position that a congressional inquiry would alert foreign powers to the weakness of the United States.
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1915-03-23
Theodore Roosevelt understands W. Cameron Forbes’s feelings towards the Philippines and regrets that the United States is unwilling to properly defend the islands. He feels it is pointless to retain the Philippines without taking steps to “defend them against all comers.” President Wilson, William H. Taft, and other pacifists are placing the country in a “position of impotence to perform the work of a great nation.”
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1915-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt understands that Viscount Bryce meant well but believes that Bryce’s letter has damaged the cause of the allies by further muddling American public opinion on the war. Pacifists like Bryce cannot be depended upon in an emergency. Roosevelt’s efforts on behalf of the allies will be greatly hampered by Bryce’s statements. People who argue against military readiness or clamor for peace are strengthening the side that supports German brutality.
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1915-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt shares with Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow the “frank disbelief” of Dr. Lyman Abbott over the contents of a letter written by President Charles Eliot of Harvard University. Roosevelt would like a copy of the letter to share with Abbott, who is incredulous that Eliot opposes war preparations by the United States “because the Allies [are] going to win anyhow.” He also requests that Bigelow read the respects to German-Americans that Roosevelt wrote for the next Metropolitan.
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1915-03-13
Theodore Roosevelt compliments Frederick H. Allen on his article in the Evening Post. Roosevelt is frustrated with Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan over the situations in Mexico and Europe.
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1915-02-26
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to come visit and stay the weekend at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt also remarks on the business of a telegram between him and Charles William Eliot that was somehow published. The telegram was meant to be private, and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon originally wrote it.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt tells Richard Henry Dana that the telegram that he sent to Harvard President Charles William Eliot was supposed to be private, and that it was accidentally published by someone in Eliot’s office. Whoever did this publishing, Roosevelt says, is guilty of a worse crime than either Sidney W. Fish or Charles C. Morgan.
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1908-06-26