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President Roosevelt praises William G. Frost’s work in the southern mountains. He has heard about the emergency at Berea College which necessitates separate schools for African Americans and whites. He hopes that the fund Frost is seeking to establish will solve the problem without interfering with the work being done at Berea.
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1908-01-11
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the semi-centennial of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He praises the school for its focus on good citizenship.
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1907-06-04
President Roosevelt declines an invitation from Earlham College President Robert Lincoln Kelly to speak there. Roosevelt has refused “literally a score of invitations” to speak at educational institutions on his upcoming trip.
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1907-02-10
President Roosevelt wishes he could be at the Harvard Club meeting in Detroit but cannot attend.
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1906-11-30
President Roosevelt does not have time to produce such an address as requested by Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but would like his advice on subjects pertinent for a speech he plans to give in the spring.
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1906-08-30
President Roosevelt praises Yale University President Arthur Twining Hadley for his article on the the growth of luxury in the American college, and remarks that “it is a great comfort to have among the two or three leading college presidents one who can always be relied upon to say what is wise and sane as well as fearless.” Roosevelt wishes that the people who wish to abolish college football would pay attention to the reasons Hadley gives as to why it should be continued.
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1906-08-01
President Roosevelt agrees with Harvard Dean Edgar Huidekoper Wells that the grades his son, Theodore Roosevelt, earned do not constitute “a brilliant record.” He is disappointed Ted did not do better, but is glad that there was still improvement over the first half of the year. He promises to have a “full and serious talk” with Ted.
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1906-07-06
President Roosevelt hopes that the University of California has not suffered as much damage as it has been reported to have suffered. He tells Benjamin Ide Wheeler that he shares “the horror and grief of the country at the disaster that has befallen California.”
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1906-04-19
President Roosevelt thanks Harvard Dean Edgar Huidekoper Wells for the letter, and comments that he is going to show it to his son, Theodore Roosevelt, because he thinks it will do him real good. He tells Wells, however, that Ted “is rather down on his luck at the moment,” because of a recent eye surgery.
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1906-04-18
President Roosevelt asks George Washington University President Needham not to quote him publicly. Although Roosevelt is happy to give Needham advice, he is too busy with his own work to do more. He has recently been asked for endorsements by American University and the Catholic University of America.
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1905-12-14
President Roosevelt is happy to hear that his son Ted is having fun and doing well in his first semester at Harvard despite a rocky start. In particular, Roosevelt is glad that Ted’s studies are going well and is surprised that he made the freshman football team. He offers his son advice about gaining popularity and good standing in his class.
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1905-10-10
President Roosevelt does not want to advise William T. Reid about his future life or career but strongly suggests he attends Harvard for a year, not just for the athletics, but also “the general tone of the college.”
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1905-01-16
President Roosevelt informs President Jordan, of Stanford University, that he is unable to write to the college magazine, because if he writes to one, he has to write to one hundred other college magazines. Roosevelt made this mistake earlier in his career and does not want to make it again.
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1904-12-15
Theodore Roosevelt has received Thomas Nelson Page’s letter about raising a Thomas Jefferson Memorial Fund as an endowment for the University of Virginia. Roosevelt believes fundraising efforts should reach people all across the country who care about higher education. Roosevelt believes the American people can carry out Jefferson’s work in the most gratifying way.
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1904-07-05
President Roosevelt has received a report from the Board of Directors of the Liceo de Manila and congratulates Enrique Mendiola on his work for education in the Philippines.
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1904-06-21
President Roosevelt encloses a note and believes Ambassador Sternburg “would do good” by speaking at Sewanee University, but emphasizes he should not change his plans just to do so.
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1904-04-18
President Roosevelt thanks Thomas R. Lounsbury for the letter and encourages him to be philosophical about a difficult situation.
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1904-01-16
Allen M. Hiller asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at the New Haven University Extension Centre, offering flexible dates, a warm welcome, and emphasizing the positive impact his visit would have on the community and the program.
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1911-09-12
C. A. Duiway, the President of the University of Montana, sends Theodore Roosevelt some newspaper clippings. He wants to know how “right-minded people” can better control educational institutions, especially in Montana.
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1911-12-11
John M. Schick implores Theodore Roosevelt to attend Franklin and Marshall College’s 125th anniversary celebration.
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1911-11-10