Word: establish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who, for altruistic reasons or for a pure wish for excitement, might decide to establish a university, would come all sorts of perplexing problems relative to the spiritual and academic welfare of the embryonic student body, but there would also arise questions regarding more intimately the welfare of that body itself...
...this sentiment are epitomized the conflicting points of view of Filipinos and Americans about the Philippine problem. When we went into the Islands twenty-eight years ago, we promised to establish law and order, to eliminate disease, to break the dense wall of illiteracy, and to prepare the many conflicting tribes for unification and ultimate self-government. This program we have not yet completed. In spite of this the Filipino politicians cry for "complete, immediate and absolute independence." They would prefer (so they tell us in their speeches) a government by their own people, no matter...
...This statement makes clear the fact that the people in the present Civil War realize the issues they are fighting for and are eager to re-establish national unity. Whatever the immediate result of the struggle, there remains the fact that the Nationalist movement has awakened the political consciousness of an important part of this mighty nation of 400,000,000 people...
...Amis! That our party may grow to dominate all others, we must establish a Socialist daily newspaper. . . . Trop cher? No, it will not come too dear! . . . We must find only two million francs [$660,000]. . . . Tiens! Let each Socialist deprive himself of but ten hors d'oeuvres during the coming year. . . . With the price of these 'appetizers' we will finance our paper...
From 1908 to the entrance of the United States into the World War the first named class of plays were given--plays by students in the University or Radcliffe. The first venture was "The Promised Land," by Allan Davis, '07. The merit of the production did much to establish the calibre of work which could be expected of the Harvard Dramatic Club. Hermann Hagedorn, '07 poet and playwright, wrote two of the four one-act playlets which comprised the next bill--presented in the spring...