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Word: citizenship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...well-moulded man, and specifically, first, to help the feeble body to become strong; second, to encourage the eager mind to find expression; and third, in the spirit of Roosevelt's practical idealism, to develop intellectual patriotism and the understanding of the duties and opportunities of American citizenship in our domestic problems and foreign relations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERPETUATION OF SPIRIT OF ROOSEVELT AIM OF LEAGUE | 12/13/1919 | See Source »

...carrying out this program of universal training we must, as Colonel Goetz states, be careful to avoid "the odium of professional militarism". To accomplish this, our army camps are to embody the "worthy and important object of training first of all for better citizenship." This, of course, begs the whole question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protection Without Militarism. | 11/6/1919 | See Source »

...however feels, as does the Editor of the CRIMSON, that, while the rest of the world should be encouraged to adopt the third system, America should revert to the first. The more fashionable way of working for this end is to talk with General Pershing and Colonel Goetz of citizenship and illiteracy; the frankness of the CRIMSON is more desirable but less tactful. SYDNEY FAIRBANKS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 11/5/1919 | See Source »

...recent CRIMSON editorial advances in favor of universal military service: first, that it is a cure for social unrest; secondly, that General Pershing declares universal military training to be a school for citizenship; thirdly, that League or no League "we must have an army of sufficient strength to cope with any attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 11/5/1919 | See Source »

...steadying influence derived from a democratic form of universal military training. In the present times of internal turmoil and disorder the advantages of such a policy are brought home to us with unusual force. What more effective way is there to inculcate in alien citizens the responsibilities of American citizenship than by giving them a period of service in a democratic army? General Pershing, appearing before the Joint Military Committee of Congress, said "Universal training is in a sense a school for citizenship. . . the necessity of this is evidenced by the fact that over thirty-two per cent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SERVED FOR AMERICA | 11/3/1919 | See Source »

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