Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...discussion will be opened by Dr. George W. Nasmyth 2G., who has recently been in all the European countries engaged in the war, and who has studied the conditions in England and Germany since the opening of the conflict. The subject of the discussion will be "The War and Social Reconstruction...
This is the thirty-fourth season of the orchestra, and under the leadership of Dr. Muck as conductor, and with a personnel but little affected by the European conflict, it is hoped that this will be an entirely successful season. The announcement of the Boston season includes the names of some of the most distinguished musicians that the profession affords. The soloists will be Mesdames Julia Culp, Elena Gerhardt, Florence Hinkle; and Messrs Pasquale Amato, Harold Bauer, Leonard Borwick, Ferrucio Busoni, Osip Gabrilowitsch, Frizt Kreisler, Jacques Thiband and Anton Witek...
Last year the Senior Picnic, conflicted with the examinations for degrees with distinction; according to schedule, the same conflict is due this year. The picnic is an unique affair, going down in class history with the Freshman dinner and the Junior Dance; and the necessity of absence should be forced on no man. Especially it should not be forced on the overworked young men of scholarly aspiration. Their opportunities for sport are rare enough, and treats such as gambolling in pink tights on the islands of Boston Harbor should not be denied them by their more jovial classmates...
...make the illusion complete, and one became absorbed wholly in the story. It is a tale of the Civil War, but that threadbare theme appears for once in a new and surprising form. The principal character a woman too dull to apprehend the great meanings of the conflict, too apathetic to be moved by the peril of thirty thousand men, is by an insult which would seem comparatively trivial to others, but which wounds her only pride, suddenly turned into a fury of righteousness, and, without knowing it, becomes a national heroine. This may be melodrama in its superficial appearance...
...striking characteristic of the present time is the urgency for action. Many nations, like China, are in a plastic condition. A spirit of nationalism and of racial patriotism is rising rapidly, with the consequent danger of the conflict of the non-Christians with the Christians. At the same time there has been a growth of the dangerous influences of the non-Christian world upon our own. Here again, it is our duty to prevent any continuation. But instead of having paganism to fight against, we must work against an objectionable form of syncretism and eclecticism. The taking of half-truths...