Word: watchword
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...next few years will go down in history as the greatest reconstruction period of the ages. The welfare of this country, of the entire world depends upon the guidance it receives from its leading men. Planning for the future must be the watchword for all, and no guard against the future is as secure as the organization of an efficient defense system. Support the R. O. T. C. Take out this kind of insurance policy, not for yourself alone, but for your country,--one which will pay you back, many times over, all you put into...
...technical or agricultural will find some technical or agricultural institution ready to accept his preparation. But the great body of general colleges cannot surrender their standards. They can find better ways of measuring compliance with them, and can apply them in a range of subjects somewhat widened, but their watchword should be conservatism. NEW YORK...
Self-Sacrifice Always His Watchword...
...Allied Nations must hang together. That is the watchword of the leading men of every country. Once dissatisfaction and ill-feeling appear to any extent, there will be trouble, and the recent war will have been fought in vain. Even now the dispute between Italy and Jugo-Slavia over the eastern seacoast of the Adriatic is reaching a climax. Many such disputes would lead to a disaster...
...tribute to a life of service lies in the full use of the example such a life set for us, and here we are reminded that from our generation will be drawn the men who in positions of greater or less importance will represent Harvard before the world. The watchword of a progressive institution or country is "opportunity." Here and now we have the opportunity to so shape our lives that they will pay to Mr. Roosevelt, Professor Sabine, and the others the tribute that it is now our burning desire to express...