Word: idea
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...idea of the present Advocate seal--Pegasus tethered to a dictionary--originated with Arthur Hale '80, and the design was drawn by Miss Ellen Day Hale. An earlier seal--the stork with the caducens--was designed by Lester W. Clark '75. The Advocate still retains the motto of the Collegian, "Dulce est periculum," as well as the original Advocate motto, "Veritas nihil veretur...
...support President Wilson, a meeting will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock. George W. Anderson, U. S. District Attorney, and Michael A. O'Leary, chairman of the Democratic Committee of Massachusetts, will be the speakers and will outline the idea and plans for the formation of a Democratic Club. At this meeting also the method of conducting a vigorous campaign next fall will be discussed...
...modern pacifists, our author believes, are the "third party" who can end the impasse now existing in Europe by reasoning with the belligerents. Mr. Ford had that idea--perhaps it would be wise for the next delegation to begin by testing its powers of persuasion on Pancho Villa...
...many members of the regiment, and not many citizens of the neighborhoods which the regiment will invade in the course of its Sunday adventures, still hold to the Puritan idea of Sunday in all its ancient rigor. But there are still a great many on both sides who would regret to see the distinction between this day and the rest wiped out, or even to see the American Sunday become indistinguishable from the Continental Sunday. Whether this idea is a prejudice, a sentiment, or a religious principle, it deserves our respect; and we shall not recommend the regiment...
...trained non-collegians. But to Harvard men especially it should make its appeal, for Harvard stands pre-eminent as the college from which come men with the desire for public service. We have occasion to feel proud of the splendid response that has been made to the Plattsburg idea. The Regiment and the Flying Corps are examples of the way in which Harvard shows its interest in the defense of the country. From the spirit that the University has shown in the past is it too much to forecast the future, and to predict that Harvard will respond no less...