Word: foreign
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...most unfortunate that conditions at the University are such that students coming from foreign lands remain almost completely aloof from their fellows of American blood. Mr. 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...
Suggestions such as these are valuable but they are not sufficient. It is necessary to have a directing head, a man of high personality who has the interest of foreign students at heart, who is at the same time a member of the Faculty, to take full charge of the situation and apply Mr. Hood's remedies, if practical, and any others that may suggest themselves. Such a man would be a general adviser to all non-American students. He would bring them in from the outskirts of college life to a place near the core and would be continually...
Senator Lodge's criticism of the League of Nations Constitution seems to centre in the fear that the United States, by endorsing such an agreement, would be robbed of its right of sovereignty in domestic as well as in foreign affairs. This attitude of his is peculiarly interesting in view of a statement made by him in May, 1916, in support of the platform of the League to Enforce Peace. At that time he is quoted as saying: "I know how quickly we shall be met with the statement that this is a dangerous question which you are putting into...
...time when Washington and Jefferson warned us against "entangling alliances" and Monroe promulgated his famous doctrine, the United States could well afford to stand for a complete isolation of the Western hemisphere from the disturbing influences of European diplomacy. We had no outlying possessions to command our attention in foreign parts; the two oceans surrounding us were deemed a sufficient barrier to prevent any serious interference in American affairs by the European powers. Further more it was well understood that the Monroe Dostrine was assured of the support of the British fleet in case a manifestation of force should become...
What are the conditions at the present time? We are now about five times nearer Europe owing to improved transportation facilities. We have acquired interests in Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines which must be protected. Our commerce, oftentimes carried in foreign-owned ships, penetrates to nearly every corner of the globe. In the growing interdependence of nations and their closer contact with one another, our country has by no means remained isolated; the nations of Europe were not at war three years when the United States was drawn into the conflict. World peace is no longer a provincial...