Word: enjoyment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...study at Harvard. He will be chosen, presumably from all of France, by those French scholars who have formerly been exchange professors at the University. Provision has also been made so that, in the probable event of an increase in the principle, more than one French student may enjoy the privileges of the scholarship. In this way the Chapman Fellowship will become an additional link between the two countries and help to pay the intellectual debt the United States has long owed France. It is to be hoped that there will be more memorials such as this, which serve worthy...
...disarmament. Unappeased national distrust and jealousies would prevent it; and, in addition, the enforcing (or guaranteeing) of peace implies and necessitates the use of armed force against insurgent members of the league. At its inception, the league would necessarily consist of an association of armed nations. Each nation would enjoy an equal status with every other nation, but upon each would fall the duty of being liable to furnish an equal armed force, in proportion to its size and potential power, in case of necessity in upholding the principles of the league...
...appearance of impotence. The military strength of the United States, derived from universal service, would not weaken the movement toward world peace: nay, it would rather strengthen it by mending the weakness of an important link in the chain; and, in addition, the prestige which the United States would enjoy as a result of its power might be sorely needed to prevent the proposed world league from following the principles of the reactionary Holy Alliance...
...dispensed with except as special need of it may be felt. The emphasis is to be on science and modern languages. A good deal of attention will be paid to the fine arts, not with the idea of training poets, musicians and painters, but in order that pupils may enjoy poetry, music and painting...
...memberships. Some men are good mixers and others are shy and make their way slowly. Some are predominantly athletic, some altogether athletic, some are grinds and others are general good fellows. The puzzle is how to realize the ideals of college democracy and still give men a chance to enjoy to the full precious fellowships that are possible only in limited circles. Harvard considered the matter when the Freshman dormitories were established. Yale tried to eliminate certain abuses when it made tap day a college affair and not a public exhibition. Now Princeton is dealing with this very human question...