Word: bona
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with good teaching could learn enough Latin in six months to get into an American college", says Mr. Chapman, "and just this amount, this little smattering of latin, is enough to make the whole difference in any man's outlook upon civilization. This bonus bona, bonum' makes French and Spanish and Italian easy to him. It puts him at home in half the words of the English language. Almost everything an educated man has to do with is tinged with 'bonus, bona, bonum...
...minds of its neighbors, and inevitably results, sooner or later, in an armed clash. Thus Japanese and Australian militarism were given a decided impetus by President Roosevelt's somewhat jingoistic performance a few years ago, in sending our navy around the world. On the other hand, an unequivocal and bona-fide statement of our foreign policy and aspirations, accompanied by just treatment of other nations, has been shown to constitute a factor of the first importance in preserving amicable relations with them...
...School about half a century ago and built up the school's reputation and instruction, there has been a large growth of law schools throughout the country. Some of them spring up, like mushrooms, over night, and merely cram men to pass bar examinations. Others are bona fide legal institutions, wielding considerable influence in making the law the technical and social profession which it should be. But with all this growth of other institutions--most of them using the Langdell system--the University Law School has grown in strength and reputation. Its popularity is attested by the large number...
...race is to be rowed under the rule that if either crew is disabled by a bona fide accident during the first half-mile, the crews shall be recalled...
...exist as to who is eligible in the play contest. I want to assure graduate students that they will be welcomed as competitors. To make quite clear the conditions of the contest, here is a revised reading of the first and most important clause: 'The author must be a bona fide student, graduate or undergraduate, in an American college or university up to the time the contest closes, June...