Word: localitis
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...other international difficulty. If we are to hope for real results from the League of Nations we must apply all our experience as a nation to this hotbed in Southwestern Europe. There must exist a solution to the problem. If we emphasized the idea of a federation with local autonomy but a common purpose, rather than self-determination, we should accomplish much towards peace. And what country is in a better position to discuss federalism than the United States? The problem of the thirteen colonies was only a simplified version of the Balkan difficulty. It is our duty...
...Crimson relay team leaves this morning for Albany, where the men will vie with the Cornell team in a medley relay at the invitation meet held in the local Armory under the auspices of the State Board of Education. The University quartet is B. Wharton '22, W. H. Goodwin '20, J. A. McCarthy '22, and D. F. O'Connell '21, who will cover respectively two, four, six, and eight laps of 176 yards each...
Nearly six-score business men in Boston, none of whom ever attended college, have aided the Harvard Endowment Fund to the extent of $128,000, or practically $1100 each, according to a recent statement issued by the local committee. A number of others have signified their intention of also contributing. The fund totals so far have been estimated as follows: Boston, $4,562,678; New York, $4,053,567; outside, $2,990,450; total...
...hand, the college man stands, to a certain degree, aloof from the rank and file of the nation. A ward boss has a ten to one chance of defeating him in a municipal election. Therefore, he avoids local politics. And, on the other hand, the college man's interest in his own affairs, his desire to make more money, and to avoid controversy and compromise turns his course into business, or anything but politics...
...surmounting of both these obstacles rests largely with the college man himself. Of course the electorate needs education; but much less than it is easy to suppose. If college men would strive to get in touch with the electorate and enter local politics in large numbers they would soon oversome the present misunderstandings...