Word: idea
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard students, since the war started, have been tagged, flagged and flowered indiscriminately to support various movements. It is undoubtedly the duty of college men to help every good cause. But the idea that the purse of the ordinary college man is a gold mine of unfathomed depth should not be overlooked by the next man who compiles a book entitled "One Thousand and One Common Mistakes...
...speaker traced the course of the two ordinary occupations of a state, that of trade and that of war. Industrilaism has trimphed within states, but between states warfare has been the means by which nations have grown in wealth and power. The state in power has no ideas of responsibility to the others until a more powerful one conquers it. Just as long as there is this strong, predatory nation in power, the militarist basis must exist, but, contrary to the idea of many, the whole system, not one nation alone, should be put under indictment. In view of this...
...Lunn advocated the idea of a "citizen soldiery," such as Switzerland now has,--for purposes of purely defensive war-fare. Disarmament would be a wonderful thing," he said, "but at present it seems impossible...
...proposal recently made to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association in regard to an "American Henley," modelled after the English regatta, has been attracting considerable attention lately. The prevalent feeling seems to be that the idea would be highly impracticable, although several colleges, notably Princeton and Cornell, have declared themselves in favor of the proposal...
...that has already proved successful in Philadelphia. "The Modern Drama Players," as they are called, will present three one-act masterpieces in novel and original settings designed by Livingston Platt, formerly connected with the 47 Workshop and with the Toy Theatre. Mr. Platt has been very successful in his idea of "stagecraft" and his present designs show unusual talent...