Word: broader
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...little. I do not mean to say that the atmosphere here is uncongenial to Western men, but it is likely to be so at the beginning, due to the misunderstanding pointed out above. In short, then, outside of the academic advantages which he gets here he gets a broader horizon and a broader sense of judgment. It would take a great many more Western men than could possibly come here to so change the atmosphere that they would not feel the difference from their former surroundings...
...object of the club is to educate its members and. in a broader sense. the whole University, in the discussion of the radical social thought of the day. Speakers of national note will probably be secured, who represent the most advanced sociological and economic thought. with especial attention to the various phases of socialism. The club is a political organization only in so far as its objects may be advanced by these meetings. The next meeting will be held some time next week when officers will be elected...
...will do well to follow this plan, and endeavor to be really representative of the countries for which they stand. Our foreign societies are too much inclined to feel free from their responsibilities after the presentation of a stereotyped annual play. We believe that their organization should be much broader, and that the social aspect should be subordinated to the encouragement of study of the literature and language of their country. Baseball games furnish, one side of their activity, but there is the more serious side which is only periodically realized. We hope that the ambition of these societies will...
...elections the men who are elected at large are broader and more impartial than those elected from districts. The latter are less capable, selfish and not representative of all the people. The primary elections are a step in the right direction, as they decrease the number of candidates so much that the records of each can be carefully looked up and laid before the voters at the final election...
...Better far is Mr. Whitman's "Morning with the Army." Though if one remembers aright, it is not so good as some of his other "small-boy" stories. Mr. Biddle's "His Last Resort" is cleverly conceived and told, but too improb- able even though laid in a land broader-minded than...