Word: digged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meeting in Philadelphia, when George Wharton Pepper announced that I would outline the needs of Europe, all the eloquence in the world does not mean so much to the American people as simply to tell them that somewhere little children are hungry; that statement is sufficient to make us dig down into our jeans. That audience gave...
...drool" to call it by its Record title, is inclined to have nothing to do with the issue and in places does seem a bit trite. This is only to be expected when one considers how carefully the subject has been combed for years, only to dig out the old wheezes and ancient inane comments that cracked the face enamel of our Grandmothers...
...duty of the unfortunate editors to tell how this is done. Some of the cleverest of these journalists dig up an editorial of ten years back, change a stray "a" from a Stray "the" and call the "1924 Freshman Editorial". Others will out-Fairfax Beatrice in her advice to the lovelorn. However, all we have to say to this...
...with a document valuable to the continuity of a family tradition or in the furtherance of business enterprise. The nonchalance of the undergraduate is met by the rigor of the system. The majority will not think; they must memorize. We do not admire the present institutions, but we must dig far deeper than the academic superstructure if we are to find primary weaknesses or lay the foundations for a better edifice of learning...
...suspended, critical judgment. His mind must not be befogged by the haze of prejudgments. He must be moderate and temperate. He must be tenacious, upholding old truths. He must be a radical as well as a conservative in the true meaning of these words. As a radical he must dig into the roots of the subject. As a conservative he must conserve and preserve the heritage of established truths. This is the perspective which every college man should have. There is plenty to be learned here if you come with an open mind. DAILY CALIFORNIAN...