Word: civilization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Taking sharp issue with the belief that war was the worst evil in the world, Haddon asked what would have become of the American contribution to civilization if the fathers of the Revolution had been "lily white pacifists." Even admitting that pacifism was a Christian doctrine, which he vigorously denied. Haddon pointed out that not one-tenth of the world even claimed to be Christian, and that the Mohammedan Koran taught reliance on the "long arm and glittering saber." War is essential to the enforcement of law among nations, just as punishment is needed for civil offences, Haddon maintained...
...cases in which the bureau has participated include many types of civil suits, from those brought against men for the break-down of defective rented automobiles, to non-support claims and divorce proceedings. Twenty cases have already been handled or are in court at the present time, while many more have been considered, but were not accepted because unsuited to the purposes or the scope of the Bureau. Aid is given only in circumstances which render the employment of a registered lawyer by the contestant financialy impossible...
...announcement that this month has been by far the best in the history of the Legal Aid Bureau for the start of the year, both in the number of cases considered, and in those taken for court procedure. Other cases are available which involve interesting points in civil law, and are being considered by the bureau...
...With the Civil War fading into legend, the ordinary northern U. S. citizen takes a sentimental attitude toward the South. It is the land of sleepy, gentle plantations. There Cotton is King; white men are colonels; lazy colored men lie on their backs and croon "Massa's in de col', col' groun'" up at a beautiful orange moon; and colored mammies are kissing babies & making pancakes. That conception received last week a rude jolt from Dr. Julius Klein, able chief of the U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. At Memphis, Mr. Klein delivered...
...year of advanced study in communication engineering, one of the most important subjects in modern naval operations, according to Professor G. W. Pierce '01, director of Cruft Memorial Laboratory, with whom the naval officers are studying. The Navy Department sends selected graduates of Annapolis to the best civil institutions for concentration in certain fields of advanced study after their first six year cruise, and one year of post-graduate work in the Naval Academy...