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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells David D. Harris it would be unwise for Roosevelt to give any advice since he does not know enough about the situation. He suggests Harris talks to the administration of the school he will attend for help instead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-17
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes for his ignorance in failing to mention liberal arts colleges such as Haverford and Williams in his recent editorial. He comments on Amherst’s differences from these institutions.
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1911-02-27
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that Albert T. Sinclair contact Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury at Yale and other college presidents for the answer to his question.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt declines the professor’s request to use his name in connection with a university. Roosevelt does not believe that such should be done unless he had the time to devote to the university’s success.
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1915-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt refers to the value of reformers in society and the work of Charles McCarthy in Wisconsin. Roosevelt agrees with McCarthy on the “absurb (sic) attitude of so many of our universities.” Roosevelt has been asked to write about the topic in public, but did not give agreement to that request.
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1915-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt believes this is a case (regarding military preparedness) where Harvard has to help Columbia. George W. Perkins is just trying to retain men now.
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1914-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation to speak at Rutgers College.
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1914-12-12
President Roosevelt shared Robert Underwood Johnson’s indignation at Columbia College’s acceptance of money “for such a purpose from such a knave,” (Joseph Pulitzer had recently proposed the creation of a school of journalism at Columbia College). Roosevelt tells Johnson that he was extremely doubtful about the Hetch Hetchy matter, but ultimately decided he had to stand behind the judgement of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield and Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot.
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1908-12-17
President Roosevelt thanks Lawrence F. Abbott for sending him proofs of the articles that he has written. He will send Abbott two more articles to review. Roosevelt would appreciate if the offices of The Outlook would handle his mail while he is on safari in Africa, as he does not wish to answer letters while he is there. Roosevelt is glad that Abbott likes what he wrote about Delavan Smith, William MacKay Laffan, “and company,” and comments on the strangeness of journalism and colleges of journalism.
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1908-12-08
President Roosevelt is glad to hear from Harvard professor Albert Bushnell Hart and thinks, “with the young Turk element in power we can fix that college business.”
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1908-09-01
President Roosevelt explains to Albert Bushnell Hart that he took the stand he did regarding the Constantinople matter because Secretary of State Root informed him that James L. Barton and Mary Mills Patrick had misrepresented the facts. Roosevelt explains what he now believes the facts of the matter to be, as Hart is as mistaken as Roosevelt was.
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1908-06-16
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 finds it a great comfort that his elder son, Kermit Roosevelt, is caring for his younger son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, while they are away at school. President Roosevelt gives Kermit advice on what he should do upon graduating. He believes it would only help Kermit to attend Harvard College for three years, and that going immediately into a career would not be beneficial because he is still young and inexperienced. Roosevelt encourages Kermit to seek advice from others, but emphasizes that college will help him mature and will benefit him in the long-run.
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1907-09-24
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