Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard University only when the present officers of instruction and government have completed their service, and for many a long day its occasion will be revered by members of the class of '98 as the point in their careers when they first realized the opportunities and responsibilities of citizenship. The Senior class is indeed fortunate in having for its Baccalaureate an address so inspiring and significant, and in their behalf we thank Dr. Van Dyke most heartily...
...congested portions of our large cities and in mining camps as a direct result of the influx of these illiterate people. They have learned to distrust all government and to take no interest in political affairs. When they do vote they do so in a way debasing to American citizenship. They become fraudulently naturalized and give their votes to the party offering the highest bribe...
...Samuel B. Capen, ex-president of the Boston School Board, president of the Municipal League, and one of the foremost citizens of greater Boston, will speak before the union this evening at 744 Mass. avenue, Cambridgeport, at 7.45. Mr. Capen's subject will be, "Good Citizenship." These Wednesday evening lectures are free to men. Harvard men are invited...
They are undesirable material for American citizenship on account of their heriditary instincts and general character. Almost half are Buddhists and the illiteracy is very high, notwithstanding their boasted educational system. We shall expect political responsibility of the Mongolians to whom we will deny political rights. The natives show their poor self-governing qualities in the ease with which foreigners have ruled them since the revolution...
...United States refuses annexation, there is every reason to believe that Japan would encourage the emigration of her subjects to Hawaii, demand the rights of citizenship for them, and when her interests should predominate in the islands, protect those interests by extending her sovereignty over the islands. The United States is to decide the destiny of Hawaii. Failure to annex means that England will get the islands, or that they will go to Japan...