Word: honored
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...serious questions before our country today should provoke intelligent discussion on an entirely opposite basis. The intense feeling of political antagonism that was rampant last fall ought to be non-existent now, when instead of the magnified aims of a particular faction being in the balance, the cherished honor and rights of the whole nation are at stake. Political affiliations and party differences should be forgotten, and every Democrat, Republican, Socialist and Prohibitionist should regard themselves as members of one organization, the American Party, whose single aim is the honorable performance of this country's grave responsibilities...
...shouldn't membership in a big club constitute a lawful reward and acknowledgment of achievement, it may be asked. If to belong to any club on Prospect was in itself an indication that a member had done something to merit honor and distinction, that question might be a fit one for argument. But merit is not the criterion of election. It is rather type. In every one of the big clubs, it is the effort of those in charge of the election to secure men of the same stamp as themselves and their club-mates. This makes a rigid system...
...real evil. The club system, says the Daily Princetonian, has "limited fellowship in a way which is not only exceedingly harmful to the individual, but which also exercises a pernicious effect upon the university's endeavor to turn out undergraduates who shall be best fitted for positions of honor and responsibility in the nation." According to the resigning seniors the system has "discouraged individuality of thought," "created a set of artificial standards," and "diverted the finances, energy and attention of both graduates and undergraduates from the curriculum and other primary purposes of the university." Backed by a successful and highly...
...orders of the British Admiralty, whereby commerce and passenger traffic between Germany and the United States are completely cut off--and this in spite of the ineffectiveness of the Entente blockade along the Baltic coast of Germany. Again, how shall we condone the affront to our national honor represented by the constant rifling of our mails, in violation of one of the most sacred principles of international...
Finally, are we justified in asserting that national honor requires that we should plunge into war with Germany in view of the example set by the five neutral nations of Europe, whose sense of honor not only does not dictate an appeals to arms, but does not even demand the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany? KENNETH G. DARLING...