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Word: nationalism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ORGANIZING OPINION. | 12/10/1919 | See Source »

Enrolment in the colleges today is the largest in the nation's history, as disclosed by figures collected by the Boston Transcript from the returns of more than 60 institutions representing every type of higher education in every part of the country. It is larger by 42 per cent than in 1918 and larger by 21 per cent than in 1916, the record-breaking year of pre-war prosperity. So immense and insistent has been the flow of men, that for many colleges the old-time problem of how to attract more students has given way to the problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1919 RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR AMERICAN COLLEGES | 12/6/1919 | See Source »

Tonight in the Cambridge Armory the actors and actresses now appearing in Boston will gather together to aid the nation-wide campaign for the Actors' Fund of America. All members of the University are especially invited to attend this entertainment and ball and to express publicly their appreciation of the work that the actors and actresses of this country have been doing throughout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STARS OF SILVERSHEET AND STAGEDOM IN JOLLIFICATION | 12/5/1919 | See Source »

...President does not hedge on the issues facing the nation; there is no beating around the bush. He suggests the budget system as a vital need in this time of vast expenditures. The necessity of such a system has been long realized; it has been blocked right along by the "pork-barrel" specialists in the House. The question of simplified income taxes shows that while the President has been in the sick-bed he has not lost the "common touch." He comes out in favor of a tariff revision that will enable foreign countries to pay off their vast debts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. | 12/3/1919 | See Source »

...fearlessness and two-fisted Americanism the President's message cannot be surpassed. The enemies of the Executive will find it difficult to oppose the stand he takes on most of the questions now before the country for solution. It would be far better for the nation if those enemies would bury their hatred and partizanship and get to work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. | 12/3/1919 | See Source »

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