Word: contact
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...enter politics, he remarked, was that the machine said he could not win; in the same way many apparently one-sided issues, when left to the people, are decided in a wholly unexpected manner. Sincere and helpful criticism of men and institutions with which the young politician comes in contact, an inflexible maintenance of his word, come what may, and an attitude towards the people while not too cordial and familiar, yet open-minded and careful of their interests, are some of the most fundamental elements of success. It does not make so much difference to what party you belong...
...servant of the people, he said, must be one of them to appreciate their needs, to understand their feelings, and to be able to represent them honestly. The best test of a man's real worth for public capacity, and one of its most broadening influences, is contact with common life, for the intellectual and moral force of the American people is the greatest that the world has ever seen. The American soldier, standing as the does for self-sacrificing devotion to the republic, is a good example of the attitude that should be taken in public life...
...intercollegiate sports, no doubt for the first year an attempt will be made at intracollegiate sport; but such a form of competition has never been a distinct success, for the reason that such victories that might be gained are never satisfying to the healthy-minded undergraduate. The satisfaction of contact and occasional victory in honest rivalry make intercollegiate contests interesting, and as soon as the chief motive for competing is absent, the effect will be evident...
...fact that now is the time to become acquainted with those ideals in the arts, in literature and science which are accessible to the undergraduate. After graduation, there is time a plenty for the more practical and every day phases of life, but the opportunity of coming into contact with the great movements in history or the ideals of literature dwindles to almost nothing. Unless there is some stimulation to follow these lives of inspiration when they are offered, it is highly probable that they will be entirely neglected. In actual work, reporting of every description is the basis...
...Professor Zueblin put clearly before his audience what many have blunderingly tried to express. As we are thrilled by the nearness of those we love, one of the holiest of human emotions, just so are we thrilled by nearness to nature, by the first touch of spring, by contact with enthusiasm, and by witnessing even so trivial a thing as some great game. The attraction is born in us and we cling to it at all costs. For intercollegiate games it is but one of the arguments, but one which has been forcefully...