Word: aims
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...justify themselves on the ground that they are upholding party principles. The serious questions before our country today should provoke intelligent discussion on an entirely opposite basis. The intense feeling of political antagonism that was rampant last fall ought to be non-existent now, when instead of the magnified aims of a particular faction being in the balance, the cherished honor and rights of the whole nation are at stake. Political affiliations and party differences should be forgotten, and every Democrat, Republican, Socialist and Prohibitionist should regard themselves as members of one organization, the American Party, whose single aim...
...self-constituted committee of American publicists and educators which has devoted a year and a half to careful study of Mexican affairs has at length published a report recommending the establishment of an American college in Mexico, similar in scope and aim to Roberts College in Constantinople. It is generally agreed that the regeneration of Mexico awaits the appearance of trained and competent leaders. Such a college with a faculty of skilled and devoted American instructors and directed to the "training of future leaders in Mexico in a spirit of sacrifice and devotion to the best interests of the country...
...conflict its true cause and not to permit childish credulity and unreasoning desire to blind the nation into waging a barbaric war of hate and revenge, blood-lust and conquest. If we fight it will be to maintain our rights as a sovereign nation with honor and dignity; our aim will be to prevent our rights from violation in the future and it will not be merely to punish a present offender, for punishment is a means to an end and not an end in itself. It is regrettable that among civilized nations warfare is the only means of protecting...
...committee to take charge of the business opportunities open to the class on graduation. Individual statistic blanks sent out among members of the present senior class show that 200 out of the 350 men in the class have not decided what they will do after graduation. It is the aim of this newly organized committee to centralize the inquiries which come to the president of the university and the officers of the several classes from big concerns and to canvass the class to determine what men want positions and what kind of places they prefer...
Ever since its founding in 1908 the Dramatic Club has been unique among college theatrical organizations. From the beginning its fundamental aim has been to exclude professionalism and make its work the product of undergraduate talent. At present its autumn and spring productions are staged, acted, and coached by members of the University...