Word: assertion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...further says: "The expressions of admiration for Hughes are pronouncedly militaristic and pro-Ally, whereas it is the pro-Germans throughout the country who are prepared to 'strafe' Wilson for his independent Americanism." The phrasing of this sentence has unfortuately befogged its meaning, but I assert that the majority of Republicans, whether in the University or not, are far from militaristic. Moreover, if, as he says, the Hughes supporters are pro-Ally, I fall to see how this constitutes an indictment against them, inasmuch as it is the pro-Germans who "are prepared to 'strafe' Wilson...
...height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet and are connected by a cable to an automobile. The cable has a telephone wire inside so that the operators in the balloon can telephone where they observe the shot to strike. The heads of the foreign armies and navies assert that the saving of ammunition from one day's observation will more than take care of the cost of the kite balloon. The balloons which the Aircraft Company is now constructing are for the United States Navy and are made to be towed by a battleship at the rate...
...International Polity Club last night, said that what Germany is really seeking now is a settled condition of affairs She is not seeking dominion, as so many believe; but if her access to the sea through Belgium and Holland is cut off, it is only natural that she should assert herself; her policy is one of self-defense against the modern "starvation" method of warfare. Germany's advance, Dr. von Mach said, is due to her policy of efficiency at home and the "open door" everywhere--the system of efficiency which Germany would like to see generally established...
...issue of Friday a regards militarism in the form of drill a Harvard. The question of military preparedness is one of the pre-eminen problems of this country today. Harvard, however, is not the place in which to begin preparations for war, if as Congressman Gardner and General Wood assert, such measures are immediated necessary. Let our regular soldiers be properly equipped, and our military reorganized before we even begin to think of carrying war into our educational institutions. Harvard has, and I am convinced will do, as she always has done her share, not more than her share...
...professors who complain that they have not time for the enduring works of scholarship because of official functions and to students who assert, with perfect sincerity, that other duties keep them from thorough work on theses and longer reports, there has been afforded a striking verification of the old but significant adage that he who will can find time for any task; the busiest man is usually the one who finds it possible to do the extra tasks. Amid the work of managing the business of collegiate life it should be as possible as it is desirable to accomplish some...