Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Apart from the present political situation, however, I would like particularly to say to college men that what I consider one of the greatest factors in modern life, is their growing participation in politics, not as theorizing, talking, impractical 'parlor' politicians, but constructive, clear-sighted thinkers and doers. The college man can bring to politics the knowledge, the experience, and, above all, the personality that is needed in order that the most helpful and efficient service can be rendered...
...merely fictional, but were worked out on an absolute plan with characteristic German efficiency. Pan-Germanism is the name for this idea which would unite Austria and Germany into one; it has its leaders and thinkers, who were running for Austrian offices in the elections; and they made it clear that, once elected they would proceed to put their idea into operation. They asked the support of the Austrians' votes on that basis...
...army has a way of coloring enlistment in its rosiest hue for the young men who are eager to learn. Its latest scheme makes it clear that there is a "chance for enlisted men of the army to get a thorough college education" after the period of their enlistments. Some thirty-nine colleges have signified their co-operation by offering free tuition, and fifty-two offer aid in one way or another. Unless the men are distinctly eligible the colleges will suffer. Just where this plan is of value to the individual and to the colleges is not clear...
...fallacies in his other two objections, namely: that the league provides for no court of compulsory arbitration, and that it does not recognize the validity of the Monroe doctrine to a great enough extent, are easily discernible to any clear-minded person who is not befogged with partizanship as Dr. Schurman seems...
...power to grant or refuse petitions for street meetings. By virtue of this, a number of socialists have recently been arrested there for holding a street meeting without a permit. Although the city protested in the hearing of the case that the meeting interfered with traffic, it was made clear to the judges that the real cause of the restriction was to prevent socialist propaganda. Accordingly the ordinance was decided to be unconstitutional...