Word: sentimentality
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...memorial to be a valid tribute must embody the united sentiment of those in whose name it is given. To railroad through the University a War Memorial Chapel that does not express the ideals of all Harvard men is to confine its significance to brick and steel...
Some of the leading defenders of the chapel as a memorial feel that the slight spiritual sentiment at Harvard may be uplifted and augmented by providing new and more beautiful surroundings. On principle, this is a very superficial method of raising religious ideals. And in practice, it would be a stupendous mockery. Certainly if the function of a memorial is to equal its symbolic significance, a new chapel is the last type of edifice to erect on Harvard ground. Among the architect's plans there is a chapel capable of seating a congregation of 2,000. Yet, only...
...friends said this was a fine demonstration of his courageous independence. His critics accused him of wilful defiance of popular sentiment as expressed by Congress, of trying to beat the veto record of Grover Cleveland...
Mingled in the newsroom conversation were impulses of self-preservation and sentiment, also anger at Old Joe's inept sons who had not given their employes any warning, any chance to take the papers over and keep them running. Someone suggested that the employes band together now-surely the money could be found to save the Worlds from extinction and, worse, from chain journalism. The staff rallied swiftly. Like the foreword of doom on the preceding day, the call swept through the building, dispelling for the time the depression that hung there, bringing enthusiastic response from all departments. Executives...
There is a general sentiment among those who have played hockey and would like to continue to develop their interest in this sport, that the college is not providing the facilities to allow an appreciable number to participate in the game. Hockey is supposedly a major sport, yet there are a scant sixty members of the university who are getting regular experience in this event. Compare this number with any other sport, football, baseball or even the recognized minor sports, squash, swimming, and wrestling for example. The entrants in each of these far exceeds the few represented in hockey...