Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcement that the Graduate School of Education is to cooperate with the University Film Foundation in distributing educational films throughout the world marks another step in bringing the motion picture into the field of intellectual endeavor. Since the organization of the Foundation two years ago various branches of the university as well as Harvard Clubs throughout the country have gained much both from the films taken of undergraduate life and the more specifically educational pictures that have been developed along different lines...
...year, will be sponsored by the Calvert Round Table of Boston, a group of approximately 100 representative laymen of different religious beliefs. The seminar to be held at Harvard is the first activity of the organization, whose membership list is made up of individuals outstanding in many lines of endeavor in Boston and vicinity. No one active in political life or holding elected public office is eligible to the organization...
...glorify in American Government's endeavor to bring about world-peace and International brotherhood. You as an American intelligent, well-informed newspaper editor should follow the leadership of your national leaders, or else consider yourself unfit as an editor and keep your mouth shut...
...would be a pity," he concluded diplomatically, "if anything should occur to mar the present friendly feeling which Australians have for Americans. The United States is Australia's model. We study everything you do and endeavor to imitate you to the best advantage. We have the greatest admiration for Ameri can spirit and vigor, and American methods generally. We want to be like Americans. It seems to me that the wise thing would be for our two countries to get closer and closer together...
...Levinson could catch only_ words, phrases: "Conscience and idealism of civilized nations. . . . New step. ... Magnificent response of the world to these proposals. ... I congratulate this assembly ... the entire world upon the coming into force of this additional instrument of humane endeavor to do away with...