Word: civility
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...years ago the Presidential election came when the Democrats had held to the Presidency for two consecutive terms--the first time this had occurred since the Civil War. This long term of office, coupled with the general unsettled condition and other issues brought on by the War developed a tremendous reaction. No issue and no candidate could have saved democracy from defeat. The people were impatient. They were ready to turn over in bed and nothing could deter them. Such a sweeping victory is inevitably followed by a reaction, and so this year there will undoubtedly be a reaction from...
...Bunge is one of the most learned and versatile men in the Argentine Republic today. After some years of study at the Colegio Nacional and the University of Buenos Aires, he went to Germany in 1897, to study engineering. In 1903 he received the degree as Civil Engineer from the School of Engineering at Hainichen...
Following Fanning as the second speaker Edward Marjoribanks, captain of the English team, opened the case for the affirmative. He began by calling attention to the anomaly which permits a private and civil law with compulsory justice, but which leaves international law wholly without it. He then passed on to consider the League of Nations from three standpoints; the political, the economic, and the moral. He declared that another war would sweep away European civilization and must be prevented at all cost. He maintained that the seeds of another European conflict are even now germinating, and that the only hope...
...obtain information about the Engineering School at the Dean's Office, Pierce 223, and from the following Professors: Engineering: 9-12.30 2.30-4.30 P. M. Mechanical Prof. Marks Pierce 215 Pierce 215 Electrical Prof. Clifford Pierce 207 Pierce 207 Electric Communication Prof. G. W. Pierce Cruft 25 Cruft 25 Civil Prof. L. J. Johnson Pierce 212 Pierce 212 Sanitary Prof. Whipple Pierce 112 Pierce 112 Mining Prof. Raymer Rotch Building Rotch Building Metallurgy Prof. Sauveur Pierce 114 Pierce 114 Industrial Chemistry Prof. Kohier Boylston 15 Boylston...
...their merit if they do it faithfully. Those whose influence is wider must use it to the full for good, and great is their desert if they do so, but great also is their deficiency if they neglect their opportunities. Even in a democracy, and in any form of civil policy that has ever existed or can be conceived, power is not evenly distributed. Public office gives power, business positions and wealth do the same, and so do knowledge and the possession of a trained mind. Strangely enough the word talents which is used in the parable to denote...