Word: thought
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...League of Nations is the greatest constructive proposal made in centuries. Nevertheless, it is being opposed with such vigor by some of our Senators, that, in order to support the league, it is necessary to show that certain objections thought extremely serious by them are not well founded...
...much so -- and I present this as a thought, merely -- that when we adopt for the athletic field a system of endeavor less serious in its demands and less exalted in its obligations are we not operating to defeat the primary purposes of essential university work as already set forth? In other words, does not a boy, whether he be a Varsity man or a member of a class or whatever team, receive moral and physical benefit from any game in which he may play in proportion as he is taught and inspired to play that game to the limit...
...could be more dangerous than this. The whole subject is one of such vast importance and so wide spread in its ramifications that it should not be determined by a mere reiterations of slogans and cries. It is a subject which calls for very deep consideration and for logical thought. Theoretically, we all favor peace. We should be glad if the curse of war could be swept from the earth, but there is something worse than war and that is national dishonor, and there is something better than peace and that, the preservation of national sovereignty. If it were certain...
...Conor's "Song for Two Sisters" is what one expects from his accomplished pen. He sings musingly, refreshing as he sings a hackneyed metre, enchanting a passing moment. Mr. Ryan, on the contrary, strives to reveal the dramatic clash of will on will, of thought on thought. His verse is wrought carefully, studiously. If he were a violinist I should say of him that he doesn't pull a good long bow; he doesn't lift you on the line -- end -- stopped or run-on "The Other Man's Wife" is simpler than "The City of Dim Faces," and gains...
...year respectively, will be renovated and let furnished next fall as dormitories. The other four buildings which were among the first halls to be appropriated for war use by the School in the summer and fall of 1917 will be utilized as-in prewar years as soon as is thought expedient by the Trustees...