Word: belief
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...technique of their profession, ignoring the fact that such ever-increasing preparation is itself the chief cause of all modern wars. Thus, also, just to the extent that they succeed in the purpose for which they were founded, will the Summer Training Camps stifle the university man's belief in the chance for peace now and today. The man who served in an army reserve of any kind may believe he is thoroughly anti-militarist in spirit, but the insurance in which he invests is always of one kind,--a little bigger and a little stronger army or navy...
...that the courses will benefit not only the men who elect them, but also the college itself. Yale as other colleges, renders her best service to the country in sending out highly trained men; accordingly the more thorough the training Yale undergraduates receive, the more effective Yale becomes. This belief is not peculiar to New Haven, for other American colleges have realized, with Yale, that they can improve their educational methods and in this conviction, honors courses are offered at Harvard, Princeton and Columbia...
...grouped the objections to the cause as coming from two main sources: the primary and greatest emanating from man's confident, although unfair belief, that women can never become competent voters, and therefore would be a detriment to good government; the second and less worthy objection being the fear possessed by a majority of men that women would venture beyond their sphere of duties...
...Soncy has been ordered to keep his injured knee in a plaster cast, and that will necessitate his withdrawal for a good two weeks; and Sweetser's bad ankle will keep him out for some time. Pennock put in another afternoon logging around the field and it is the belief of the physicians that he will be in condition to play by the end of the week. The regulars lined up for a short signal drill, but withdrew when it came time for scrimmage, the substitutes engaging the second team in an hour-long game. The University team made...
...Metempsychosis," by George Foote Moore, Frothingham Professor of the History of Religions, is the Ingersoll Lecture of 1914. It shows the practical significance of the belief in transmigration...