The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [486]
10 “Any nation that cannot …”: Mary Cable, The Little Darlings: A History of Child Rearing in America (1975), p. 172. 10 “a perfect gentleman …”: E. Anthony Rotundo, American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993), p. 269.
10 “An able-bodied young …”: G. Stanley Hall, Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene (1904), p. 94. 10 “Better even …”: ibid., p. 100.
10 hitched a ride: Richard J. Whalen, The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy (1964), p. 21.
10 playing with a toy pistol: P. J. Kennedy letter in Loretta Kennedy Connelly collection, courtesy Mary Lou McCarthy and Kerry McCarthy.
11 One Memorial Day: TFB, p. 7.
11 One summer Joe got together: Whalen, p. 21.
11 finest public school: Philip Marson, Breeder of Democracy (1963), p. 68.
12 His grades were pathetic: Boston Latin School transcript, HUA. 12 Joe took his friend: interview, Walter Elcock Jr., RWP.
12 prove their manhood: Hasia R. Diner, Erin’s Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century (1983), pp. 22-23.
12 “homosexuality …”: G. Stanley Hall, Life and Confessions of a Psychologist (1923), pp. 132-33.
14 “in a very roundabout way”: Whalen, p. 24.
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16 “Compared to any …”: M. M., “The Yard Dormitories,” Harvard Advocate, 1909, p. 3, KUA.
16 “A hundred or so …”: quoted in Charles Hawthorne Weston, “The Problem in Democracy at Harvard,” Harvard Advocate, Spring 1912, KUA.
16 “Three Cs and …”: A. M. Schlesinger Jr., “Harvard Today,” Harvard Advocate, September 1936, KUA.
16 “Our friendships …”: H. E. P., “The Importance of Being a Sport,” Harvard Advocate, May 1908, HUA.
17 About two-thirds: Ronald Story, Harvard and the Boston Upper Class: The Forging of an Aristocracy, 1800-1870 (1980), p. 173.
17 young men largely dominated: Morrison I. Swift wrote in the Harvard Illustrated in May 1911: “The irreducible fact [is] that the rich men’s sons, whether confessedly or not, are the central figures of the college,” KUA.
17 almost all Irish immigrant: James Joseph Kenneally, The History of American Catholic Women (1990), p. 113.
17 One of them: M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Barrett Wendell and His Letters (1924), p. 47.
17 “over-civilized man …”: Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life (1904), P.7.
18 “When the students entered …”: Harvard Crimson, October 19, 1908, KUA.
18 “Our ancestors have bred …”: William James, The Moral Equivalent of War and Other Essays (1971), pp. 5-7. 18 finance committee of the Freshman: Harvard Crimson, February 20, 1909, KUA.
18 one of the fifteen ushers: ibid., March 12, 1909, KUA.
19 “the private school …”: ibid., April 10, 1912, KUA. 19 in one typical …: ibid., December 6, 1911, KUA.
19 “the most magnificent sight …”: Thomas Goddard Bergin, The Game: The Harvard-Yale Football Rivalry, 1875-1983 (1984), p. 100.
19 graduate of Worcester: Harvard Crimson, December 6, 1911, KUA.
20 Fisher was class: Harvard class alumni bulletin, 1912, p. 101, KUA.
20 “Important fall baseball …”: Harvard Crimson, October 1, 1908, KUA.
20 “We’re the two …”: TFB, p. 283.
21 “For a short while …”: Joseph F. Dinneen, The Kennedy Family (1959), p. 14, and Whalen, p. 30.
21 in a typical year: Weston, “The Problem in Democracy …”
22 The tap on Joe’s door: Doris Kearns Goodwin, p. 215.
22 “Everywhere was to be seen …”: Harvard Crimson, February 25, 1911, KUA.
23 “a peculiar kind …”: Winfield Scott Hall, A Manual of Sex Hygiene (1913), pp. 75-76.
23 “He talked himself …”: interview, Arthur Goldsmith, RWP.
23 first professional baseball coach: Joe Bertagna, Crimson in Triumph (1986), p. 151.
24 thrown our his arm: Whalen, p. 27.
24 he did as well: Joe Kennedy batted .285, getting two hits in seven times at bat. Harvard Crimson, September 26, 1911, KUA. 24 “No year and no …”: ibid., May 13, 1909.
24 “carrying in his …”: Henry James, Charles W. Eliot: President of Harvard University, vol. 2 (1930), p.