Hamilton Holt, who had been editor of The Independent, a liberal weekly, before 1925, when he became president of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, spoke out on virtually everything that crossed his mind. His most daring pronouncement—the legend on a 1938 war memorial guaranteed to provoke just about everyone—was inscribed on a bronze plaque under a heavy-caliber naval artillery shell mounted prominently on a pedestal on campus. It read:

This engine of destruction, torture and death symbolizes
The prostitution of the inventor
The avarice of the manufacturer
The blood-guilt of the statesman
The savagery of the solider
The perverted patriotism of the citizen
The debasement of the human race

If any would be contributor did not like it, Dr. Holt said he or she could go jump in the lake (Winter Park has seven from which to choose).

Gotta love this guy!