Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Canfield Fisher), a politician (Theodore Roosevelt), a financier (James H. Dillard), an educator (John Hope, President of Morehouse College), and an editor (W. E. DuBois of The Crisis'), awards a prize to "an American of African descent who has performed the highest achievement in some form of human endeavor." This prize is known as the Spingarn medal...
...recall constitutes a discourteous act ... it is an elementary principle that any Government has the right to request other Governments to recall, with or without explanations, any of their diplomatic officials or agents; it is also an elementary duty of international comity to recall them and not to endeavor to impose them on other countries...
...last minute endeavor to substitute "Christ's Holy Church" for "Holy Catholic Church" (in the creeds) failed. It was pointed out that if Catholic was commonly misunderstood "to mean only a Church filled with bigotry and intolerance," Methodists should take greater pains to make clear that "Catholic" does not mean "Roman...
...spirit of consecrated devotion more searchingly tested. If the assay does not in these things show pretty much pure gold the vein will soon be worked out. There is no eight hour day in teaching; there are no flesh pots. The high importance of the calling demands high endeavor and sacrifice...
There is no one whose election the University would more heartily acclaim than Henry T. Dunker as captain of the track team. If eminence in many departments of college endeavor counts for anything, the captain-elect deserves the honor. He has played on two football teams as a regular, an honor great enough in itself. He is a member of the Junior Eight of the Phi Beta Kappa, an achievement which few letter men have ever accomplished. But besides this he has been a brilliant performer on the track team, and has shown the qualities of leadership necessary...