Word: sentimentality
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...believe China should retain possession of Shantung, and those who believe the sovereignty of that land is necessary to development and prosperity of Japan. And these two classes are each partial to their own view, tending to disregard the claims of the opposite side. It is on the sentiment of the Chinese people toward this question that the words of the Right Reverend Logan Herbert Roots '91, D.D., Bishop of Hankow, China, are of special moment...
Expressions of sentiment in the colleges on the most important public question of the day is a momentous experiment. One of the great weaknesses of our democracy is that our views, as a nation, are not organized. Certain groups, like the Chambers of Commerce, the American Legion, the Non-Partisan League, and the American Federation of Labor, occasionally carry on agitation and bring pressure to bear in order to influence legislation. And government in America has been defined as the result of the pressure of these organized opinions on the Central Legislative Body. But the great mass of American sentiment...
...referendum ballot in seven hundred colleges and universities in all parts of the country would represent as far as is possible a cross-section of the sentiment of the nation. Such a vote would have far more significance than the straw ballots recently held at Harvard and Yale and elsewhere; a nation-wide vote would eliminate the possibility of the charge of sectionalism and would not represent only one social class...
...meeting of the football squad held in the Varsity Club yesterday at 5.30, the general sentiment of the team was again sounded and a vote taken, which showed the unanimous wish of the men to make the trip to Pasadena. Coach Fisher then explained that the work in the next two weeks would be in the main devoted to getting the men into Yale-game condition, and the remainder of the short time left before Christmas used in polishing-up the plays already learned this fall...
...Strong Sentiment of Today...