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...independence and courage to urge the election of a Congress that would work harmoniously with President Wilson. If the country had followed Mr. Hoover's wise and practical advice it would not today be the victim of a deadlocked Government which is virtually unable to function...
...disgusted by the interminable rhetoric of her Senators, but she is not one whit less insistent that we should join the league and do our share toward establishing and maintaining world peace. The issue has been made clear: either the United States must ratify and the league begin to function or a great race for armaments is inevitable...
...although the most difficult of all the problems of practical reconstruction, it was far from being the only one. Many others must be met and dealt with if we are to restore the economic and social conditions which existed before the war so that they will once more function successfully and for the benefit of the People of the United States and of mankind...
...more deeply as the year pass by. Theories of education differ, but the ideals remain unchanged. The preservation of the best things of the past, liberalized by a broad foresight into the future, and their application to the problems of the present, is by no means the least function of the American university and university men. In this work all college are united. The cause of one is the cause...
...must make sure," he said in concluding, "that educational means, methods, and results, including all that is involved in educational administration, is subject to perennial scrutiny. To do this is the function of the new school...