Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great reason for the importance of the present situation in India," said Professor Horne, "arises from the fact that the British Government is trying out a system of government there radically different from that which existed before 1920. This system has given over to the direct representatives of the people control of Education, Public Health, Excise, and Public Improvements, with a view to granting them more power as their capabilities increase, until finally India shall be a self-governing dominion like Canada...
...speech is classified as lawful or unlawful involves the balancing against each other of two very important social interests, in public safety and in the search for truth." "In war-time, therefore, speech should be unrestricted by the censorship or by punishment, unless it is clearly liable to cause direct and dangerous interference with the conduct of the war." Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes says, in his famous decision: "The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger, that...
...mankind. When aroused to activity it has been sometimes an uplifting and sometimes a degrading influence. Its power for good or evil is so great that it imperatively needs wise guidance. A learned minister today is one who is sufficiently familiar with the history of the religious interest to direct its activity into ways of present helpfulness. To this end, a knowledge of the history of religious is indispensable. In the study of Christianity, the particular form of religion which most nearly concerns us, the history of the religion of Israel, of the beginnings of Christianity, of the Christian church...
...satisfactory completion of a specified number of courses, but upon the passing, after three years spent in theological study, of an examination, partly oral and partly written, covering the entire field of theological study. The present tendency of the School is toward offering fewer courses and providing more direct personal guidance by members of the Faculty to students who are encouraged to work by themselves...
...four groups into which undergraduate questions have been divided, the student government body, the organization of athletics, undergraduate publications, and college theatricals and musical clubs, will be under the direct supervision of the executive committee, whose members will arrange the program and act as chairmen. The discussion will be limited to the consideration of vital questions concerning organization, instead of tradition and the issues of lesser importance...