Word: hardship
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Most organizations of any reputation have been, at some time in their history, hard put. The test of hardship comes to all worthy undertakings. If steel, when tried, emerges supple and keen from the flames, it is approved for use; so it is with all else...
This is not the time, therefore, to single out any particular group or class of citizens for reproach. All classes are equally guilty and equally meritorious. That is there are individuals in all classes who are willing to suffer inconvenience and hardship in order to win the war, and there are others who are not. There is not the slightest doubt that a strike in any essential industry is a hindrance to the great work of massing our man power at the points where it is needed. No loyal citizen who sees and understands that fact can possibly favor...
...Athletic Committee has acted wisely for the University. In spite of the greater opportunities offered this year to the average man in baseball, track and crew, there are many who get their exercise and pleasure in some less recognized college sport. If these were all officially abolished, a real hardship would be imposed. It rests with the student body to make these sports a success. The Athletic Committee has done its best and is willing to encourage any interest that is shown by arranging outside games. Opportunity is open to all who, for one reason or another, have not already...
...willingness to change one's mind on good cause shown is one of the essential qualities of an administrative officer or of a statesman. The original decision was disheartening to the men now in training, its execution would have imposed real hardship upon those not selected for immediate service. But the foundation reason for reserving the order was the need of the army. The national army in a very short time will require the service of all the men from the training camps. It would have been a mistake to return them, over temporarily, to civil life, because...
Where is the hardship in the compulsory education system as Americans know it and submit to it? Upon that system as it is now applied rests the country's safety from internal foes. The time has come to extend it in such a manner that it will protect the nation from external attack. Shall we Americans be less alert in protecting our institutions from foreign enemies than we are in guarding those institutions from ourselves...