Word: blame
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that the Technology delegation was at fault in attending the conference. It was induced to do so by expectations which turned out to be unwarranted. The blame does not rest with the T. C. A. or its officers, for they, too, were apparently misled. But in trying to convince the students that they really did accomplish a great deal, by framing trite resolutions and giving geographical talks, the delegates certainly are in error. If thirty of our students had to go to Iowa to find out that China is longer than the United States is broad, then education...
...false impression received by our delegates was a speech made by an officer of the national Student Volunteer organization in which he led our men to believe that the conference would be much broader than it really was. It is time that our delegates clear themselves of blame by dropping their childish pretence and admitting collectively, as most of them do individually, that the conference was a disappointment and must not be repeated unless its true purposes are made perfectly clear. --The Tech...
...ready to blame inefficiency on the administration, especially the Democratic administration, and to neglect he cumbersome machinery of checks and balances under which they work, and the failure of our civil service to develop experts. The question to be asked when a reform is brought before the people is not "Does it conflict with a tradition?" but rather "Is the tradition applicable to modern methods, and will the proposed reform give us better, more efficient government?" We have allowed vague references to Washington's Farewell Address to be urged as applicable to present international relations, and such absurd arguments have...