Word: abolish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Speaking of the recent vote at Oxford to abolish Greek as a compulsory part of the curriculum, Professor Aydelotte expressed himself as being in favor of continuing the study of the classics, although he does not believe that they should be made compulsory
...orderly fashion and end act an amendment nullifying the preceding portions of the Constitution? At least, it would give us some semblance of consistency. Under our present laws lunching is unequivocally illegal, unjustifiable and a crime. It might, indeed, be a wise expedient, especially for the South, to simply abolish law, since it is so admirable, and, as Mr. Rosenblatt intimates, "our only alternative...
...subject, the many questions relating to National Prohibition can never be settled satisfactorily until they have been dragged into the light of free and frank public discussion. Should the 18th amendment be repealed, or itself amended? If it must stand, is it to be interpreted literally, so as to abolish all use of alcohol, or liberally so as to limit prohibition to actual intoxicants? These are questions which public opinion alone can answer, and the bombshell of national prohibition has left a very much dazed state of public opinion in its wake. As yet the actual enforcement of the 18th...
...Nations, the subject that for this country overshadows completely all the other issues of the day. For many centuries, idealists have been giving their lives to ensure lasting peace, but none of them have succeeded. The new Covenant may be faulty, but it may, if properly drawn up, abolish the curse of war. If it is worth anything at all, it is inestimably valuable to every country and citizen of the world. On this topic every college student should be thoroughly well-informed; to be ignorant is to shirk one's responsibility. Most of us have tried to follow...
...safe place to leave shoes or surplus clothing. A skater must either be burdened by carrying these cumbersome things with him or trust them to the uncertain honesty of the small boys along the banks, who may or may not be present at the time of reckoning. To abolish this inconvenience the Locker Room of either the Weld or University Boat Club should be opened for use. Possible confusion of articles could be avoided by keeping an attendant there to check them for a small fee. If the Locker Room were also heated as a place for skaters to warm...