Word: focused
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...principal function of the Roosevelt America League will be to correlate and combine every school or college activity, physical, intellectual and civic, to the end that all these activities may find their focus in the one word--America...
...single events of the war that seems irretrievable, that offers no ray of hope or consolation. Even should Kerensky succeed in rallying the Army to his support and reestablishing a new government in Moscow, it would be impossible to be of active assistance to the Allies with the revolutionary focus at Petrograd outflanking the Russian positions...
First of all, detail is merely a means to an end, and not an end in itself. It is the instrument which, properly adjusted, enables us to see and realize our dreams; but if the focus is destroyed or if the glass becomes indistinct through improper manipulation, the image fades, and only a confused blur is distinguishable. Use the instrument properly and it will aid you invaluably, abuse it, and it will blind you hopelessly...
...which rests primarily with the undergraduates; the alumni have done their part. The greatest difficulty in managing the Union has been in finding out just what the student body wants. Opinion is very strong on the subject, but heretofore there has been no means of bringing it to a focus. At its last meeting to discuss the need of a new gymnasium, the Forum indicated its possibilities as a medium for presenting to the Student Council the most diversified phases of undergraduate opinion. The Forum tonight offers an unexcelled opportunity for comparison of opinions and for the presentation of suggestions...
...keen understanding of life. Mr. MacKaye spoke especially of the work of Professor Baker of Harvard in spreading a wider appreciation of the opportunities of college men in dramatic work. In speaking of Harvard, he emphasized its great need for a University theatre, which should be the focus of all the dramatic activities of the University and where men could acquire the technique and skill necessary for a dramatic career