Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...large reception room on the second floor, the King and Queen were addressed by President Lowell (one of the first to favor American intervention in the war as he did immediately after the violation of Belgium's neutrality), surrounded by all the professors in cap and gown. The King answered with a few words in English. He was then given a diploma, and our inspection of the University began under the guidance of the President...
...plays which are on the program of the Dramatic Club this fall are "Fame and the Poet" by Lord Dunsany which is being produced for the first time, and "Erasmus Montanus" an old Danish comedy by Holberg which is also making its debut on the American stage...
...benefit of many men in Government courses who have asked concerning the operation of the voting machine, as well as any others interested, Professor W. B. Munro has arranged for a demonstration of the American Voting Machine in the Municipal Library, Room O, on the top floor of Widener this afternoon...
...questions have been selected to be voted on: 1, Should the Covenant of the League of Nations be adopted by the United States? 2, Should the United States adopt some plan of Universal Military Training? 3, A straw vote on presidential candidates for 1920. 4, Selection of an All-American baseball nine from the two leading teams of the major leagues...
Expressions of sentiment in the colleges on the most important public question of the day is a momentous experiment. One of the great weaknesses of our democracy is that our views, as a nation, are not organized. Certain groups, like the Chambers of Commerce, the American Legion, the Non-Partisan League, and the American Federation of Labor, occasionally carry on agitation and bring pressure to bear in order to influence legislation. And government in America has been defined as the result of the pressure of these organized opinions on the Central Legislative Body. But the great mass of American sentiment...