Word: platformization
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...Living Room of the Union was crowded by about 700 members Saturday afternoon who watched each play of the Harvard-Princeton football contest, from the CRIMSON's direct wire from the Palmer Stadium. A blackboard gridiron was set up on the platform so that each play could be shown. At intervals the Union orchestra played football songs and popular music, and the enthusiasm in the Living Room was almost as great as the enthusiasm of the eye witnesses...
...briefly" he said, "Dana's position was that slavery was so great an evil that it could not be tolerated in territories where it did not exist, but that under the constitution we could not interfere with it in the states where it was already established. This was the platform on which the Republican party was founded and upon which it made the contests in 1856 which resulted in the defeat of Fremont, and, in 1860, when its victory made Abraham Lincoln president. In 1848, however, there were few who were ready to accept this doctrine. Mr. Dana...
...platform of such a party would consist of six principles: nationality, universal free trade, universal citizenship, an international supreme court, an international police force, and disarmament...
Although not fully agreeing with President Wilson's policy on his currency and tariff platform, Mr. Frothingham believes that he should be praised for carrying out his platform so explicitly. He pointed out, however, that the Democrats had not fulfilled their campaign promises in regard to the cost of living. In another domestic matter, the Democratic Congress had unfairly favored the South by numerous appropriations for roads and dredging of creeks, while Northern states have been forced to do their own work...
When criticism is made of the manner in which many courses in the University are conducted, the captious student often fails to appreciate fully the fact that it is no simple task for a professor to step down from the platform and view in retrospect faults in his system. If the latter were able to assume the dual role of lecturer and critic, even then it would not be surprising if many of the weaknesses in his treatment of the subject were overlooked...