Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many men, athletically inclined, find their chief interest on Soldiers Field, where they can accomplish much, both or themselves and for Harvard. Another large group lean toward scholastic attainment, in which it is possible to tain much benefit but less prestige than in the field of sport. Many students, for financial reasons, are unfortunately presented from devoting much time to any college activity. It is the large number, not qualified to star on Soldiers Field or in class room, who make up, for the most part, the passive members of the college. There can be no reason for this other...
...country is to be restored to normal conditions," Senator Calder said, "what might be termed our National Extravagance must be curbed; and in order to accomplish this without disrupting the governmental organization, some system of appropriating moneys for national expenditures must be devised. We have been contemplating a budget system for many years, and the time has come when the public interest makes it imperative to enact legislation that will bring about this improvement in our financial system...
...evident that to accomplish this result the $50,000,000 in the hands of the board will have to be supplemented by funds from other sources, in the ratio of two or three to one. This has been kept in mind in making appropriations which have been made contingent upon the raising of additional amounts...
...shall do it again as long as we have a soul and a conscience. We want to build up a strong American spirit and do all we can to get peace in the world. If we get a League of Nations with reservations, we shall be able to accomplish this and shall be able to make a more lasting and enduring peace. We shall be able to do better what we have done before. If we cannot save the League of Nations, let us save the machinery of the league which provides for a gathering of the representatives...
...question immediately arises, how can we accomplish the sweeping changes that are necessary, when the very institutions which we aim to attack are incorporated in the Constitution. The immutability of the Constitution has become a paradox. Radical though the proposed changes may seem, we should not fear to accept a responsibility on which depends the accomplishment of good government in the future. The foundations of the Constitution are still sound, but a thorough reorganization of departments and legislative method should take place. The number of departments should be reduced to a minimum, each subdivided into a series of sections whose...