Word: sentimentality
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...reports received last night from Intercollegiate Treaty Referendum Headquarters, figures show that of the 92,466 voters in the 375 colleges and universities throughout the country, sentiment is decidedly in favor of proposition four, which states, "I favor a compromise between the Lodge and Democratic Reservations in order to facilitate the ratification of the Treaty...
...nation-wide intercollegiate ballot on the League and Treaty to be held today, the colleges are making a double contribution. They are conducting the first extensive referendum at a time when the sentiment of the country on the question of the Treaty is of great importance, not only to Americans, but to the entire world. And, further, they are making possible an estimation of the opinion of the college man; the man who must take the lead in the government of the United States during the next generation...
...people of the nation are tired of parliamentary bickerings and talk; the sentiment everywhere today is "get the Treaty through." Saturday was marked by a declaration of peace by the other great belligerent nations. We, as a country, are left dangling in mid-air. A tremendous majority for Proposition 4, as submitted on the ballot, alone can show that college men have appreciated the issue. They must not fail...
...Train's idea in "The Hanging of the Angel" is very neat and the execution rather too full. This is certainly better writing than our average professional output. On the other hand, Mr. Hamblett's idea is better than his method; an excellent concluding sentiment, 'let the energy which might be spent in hating--turn to changing the conditions...
...Last August", he said, "just before I sailed from Hankow for America, I received an invitation to tea from a group of prominent Chinese merchants of Hankow. The opinion they presented to me on the Shantung difficulty represents the sentiment of the more modern Chinese business men, for my friends were not Chinese officials whose views are steeped in imperialism. They had called me in because they knew I was about to leave for America and they wished me to convey their views on Shantung to my friends here in America. What they said may best be retold in somewhat...