Word: disunion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Many ejaculations of like nature sum up the arguments of the objectors. As yet the issue has not been placed directly before the country but it probably will be before long. In any event the arguments pro and con will not change appreciably; and the way the fires of disunion are breaking out today, it would not be impossible that people will clamor for universal training in order to protect the country...
...matter of the army Mr. Ratcliffe said that conscription is dangerous in that it would almost certainly lead to disunion and the overthrow of the democracy which has been the back bone of England for so many years. Already an entirely new army of over one and one-half millions has been organized from volunteers in addition to the scant million previously under arms, and the war office in England has repeatedly expressed its satisfaction with the speed of recruiting...
...mending of the situation is easy. Personal sentiments should be set aside for the good of the College as a whole, and the advocate and the Monthly should combine. It is clear that in disunion there lies weakness. Proverbially at least, in union there is strength...
...Harding emphasized the fact that this new system will enable the small units in which every class is divided to live close together and, by learning each others' points of view, prevent the rupture and disunion which have in some former years ruined all class unity and life after graduation. The next speaker, A. Gregg, praised the new method in that it enabled men to have some sincere reason for rooming in the Yard and did away with the custom of applying simply because it was a thing generally done by most of the class. P. D. Smith, denying...