Word: enjoying
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Hood pointed out in his communication of last Monday the great barriers intervening between us and our guests from abroad which not only prevent them from obtaining little more than a superficial knowledge of American customs and culture but also shut us out from the profit we might enjoy from associating more closely with them. He suggested certain remedies for the situation,--to wit, the mingling of foreign students with American in dormitories and commons...
...taken an increasing interest in singing, last year's Jubilee being perhaps the most successful yet held. Men who didn't know they could sing, or who even thought they couldn't, have learned that one can fall far short of operatic standards of vocal performance and yet enjoy singing. The Freshman Jubilee does not aim to educate nor does it intend to force men to sing against their will; it only hopes to lay the foundation for a life-long enjoyment of one of the most natural and delightful of the few co-operative activities in which a great...
...would be very comfortable if the United States could tuck its head under its wing, and enjoy a dove-like sleep while the rest of the world was in flames. That is simply impossible. The policy of Washington and Jefferson applied to the conditions and times of Washington and Jefferson. The Monroe Doctrine was necessary when it was possible for the United States-to keep out of world politics. A country like ours, with possessions in Asia, in the North Pacific, in the Caribbean, in Central America, simply cannot carry out a policy of isolation. Nor can the richest country...
...reach out, then, and correct and regulate our common schools? It surely can do much good by way of improvement. But quite within the range of possibilities are very terrible dangers. If the states must follow the policy laid down by the National Department of Education in order to enjoy the nation's largess, it is quite within the power of a dominating secretary or a bureaucratic department to direct the education of young America in lines far from truth. It is said that the proposed bill is likely to pass Congress. In order that we may make sure...
...university which merely teaches men to enjoy the arts and sciences, which creates a class of intellectuals, does not fulfill its complete purpose. Unless the college man rolls up his sleeves and tackles the practical issues around him he is in no position to criticise the man of inferior training who does. This straightforward meeting of the problems of the day is the University's teaching...