Word: idea
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...States. Until some satisfactory arrangement can be made some of our leading statesmen tell us that there will be no peace in the world until every nation gives up a part of its sovereignty to the cause of all. Perhaps it would be wiser for them to apply this idea of self-sacrifice to the common good to the action of individuals in order to insure domestic peace - a far more immediate question...
...whole new curriculum is focused on the idea, not of personal success, but of service to the nation," said W. H. P. France, President of Brown University recently...
...exercise lends much attractiveness to what otherwise might prove an irksome task. The three hours of physical training required each week will not be a mere burden to Freshmen, but will amply repay them both mentally and physically. This fact the Freshmen should recognize, to the exclusion of the idea that it is "compulsory." In short, when finally approved by the Board of Governors, the introduction of compulsory physical training will represent a great step forward in the service which the University renders to its undergraduates...
...This training", he said, "is planned to be essentially sport and fun, rather than routine and drill. There is no idea of having it supplant organized athletics among the Freshmen, but rather it shall supplement them, in that it will bring the majority of men out for teams, and thus supply material which otherwise might never be discovered...
...face of such records, certain truths must be deduced. There must be something in the atmosphere created at Harvard which stimulates men's minds to do big things. Unconsciously, the idea scoffed at by many people, forces are at work continually around us which make for the production of great and brave men. And the reason Harvard is such a good training ground is because it is an exact replica, on a small scale, of the outside world. Here one meets all the outward indifference that one finds when he starts in on a business career. Here one can make...