Word: treasons
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...which makes threats of violence against the ordered Government may compose a revolution if it be a minority large enough. But when it is a small minority, seeking its irreconcilable aims with indifference to the welfare of its nation at war, its work is not of revolution, but of treason. And treason has but one meaning...
...which the undergraduate mind is constantly being trained. Their action is such a matter as that of loyalty or disloyalty to the Government is wholly unnecessary. No more patriotic body exists today than the members of the American colleges and universities. They may be relied upon to treat treason in any form, even on the part of their professors, with the condemnation it deserves. There is no necessity for their being carefully guarded lest they lose that natural love of country and liberty which now inspires their hearty approval and support of the leaders of the nation. Columbia is unjust...
...approach. It is utterly opposed to the swashbuckling code of honor or manliness, which sets up the slab-back policy and the hip-pocket ethics as categorical imperatives under all circumstances. To snub with a sneer the claims of a thousand other considerations is not patriotism; it is treason. CECIL H. SMITH 2L. Chairman. H. DAVIS '18. R. H. GARRISON '18. G. L. HOWE '18. A. N. McCOMB '18. W. B. SOUTHWORTH '18. C. F. ZUKOSKI '19. B. D. ALLISON...
...Kaplan '15, the next speaker, pointed out the distinct political aspect of the question. Involving the stability of the government, strikes take on a serious political aspect, that of treason and still more, of revolution. In such a light they can only be deemed criminal acts...
...Breeland '12 pointed out the fact that a strike can not be considered treason unless already considered a criminal offense. Government employees should have the same right to strike as is granted private employees...