Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...educational value to the nation at large of the recent debate between Senator Lodge and President Lowell has proved even greater than was anticipated; previous discussions, with few exceptions did not appeal to the man in the street as practical; but everyone who heard or read the speeches delivered in Symphony Hall was able to grasp without difficulty the fundamental issues at stake. Although the attitudes of the speakers were not diametrically opposed there was considerable difference in the views expressed. We agree strongly with the position taken by President Lowell, and, as far as can be ascertained, the same...
...self in favor of a league he seemed to argue, both directly and by implication, against any league worthy of the name. As President Lowell showed so clearly a League of Nations must include certain minimum stipulations to which the signatories will agree: Senator Lodge seemed to oppose even those minimum stipulations. President Wilson has, by his ill advised action, laid the Covenant of Paris wide open to political attack, and some Republicans though Senator Lodge is of course not among them--are opposing the Democratic administration by attacking the League. When the revised plan is presented to the United...
Besides the opportunity on ship board, there is even a greater field open to the young man, who, through the Merchant Marine, is chosen to represent an American commercial house in a foreign port. With the present rapid expansion of foreign trade, and this country's growing program for shipping to be managed under the flag, there is a sharp demand for experienced men to fill managerial positions, and the Shipping Board is prepared to train such men on its squadron of commercial cruisers. For this, a knowledge of Spanish would be of great value, as the need in South...
...Even to those who have other fields as their ultimate aim, a year in the Merchant Marine would not be wasted. Many men have found that their adventurous spirit was whetted by war experiences, and are not content to resume the uneventful existence of their pre-war days. For men of this sort, the Merchant Marine, with its voyages and experiences through the seven seas, is the one vehicle by which such restless young Americans can gratify the spirit of pioneering awakened by the world...
Some such program should have been advanced long ago. We have gone on long enough fostering these little nationalities in our midst, all but encouraging them to organize, sometimes even withholding the means of their becoming acquainted with our language and institutions. Employers have often found that ignorant foreign labor was cheaper than American labor. Through this indifference of ours to the process of naturalization arose a large part of the trouble which the Department of Justice and the Secret Service have had with the "hyphenated Americans" during...