Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whatever concessions are made by the U. S. in Geneva are to be interpreted in no other sense than as efforts to advance toward the cardinal ideal. This applies in particular to Mr. Gibson's abandonment a fortnight ago of the traditional U. S. demand that "reduction of armaments" must include curtailment of the numbers of "trained reserves." This concession and a supplementary announcement by Mr. Gibson last week that the U. S. will also stomach the existence of unlimited stores of military supplies are not to be misinterpreted...
...Hoover Administration is not yielding or backtracking on the cardinal ideal, but simply feels that a primarily naval power such as the U. S. should keep hands off the problem of land disarmament, leaving it to be thrashed out among France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the other land Powers...
...Ideal would be the bank that had all deposits and no withdrawals. Utopian, of course, such an idea. Yet a long step toward it has been made in the organization of a new (as yet unnamed) trust company in Scarsdale. Unique feature of this bank will be a bill-paying service for depositors. When a bill comes to the depositor's home, it is approved, sent to the bank and paid by the bank out of the depositor's funds. Thus the depositor is saved the mental anguish of writing a check and Scarsdale tradesmen receive prompt remittances...
Under such an endowment, with athletics freed from financial dependence, the benefit of the student body at large rather than the attraction of big gates would have a chance to become the ideal. Intercollegiate contests might even become subordinated to intramurals, which, in the last analysis, are the most important branch of college athletics. As long as intramural sports are dependent on varsity earnings they will necessarily occupy the subordinate position...
...depends on his brother's aim, but not all. Ugo has found that by beating his arms he can retard his speed and by shooting out his legs he can increase it. He has learned, too, that a twist of his shoulder will change his course. It is ideal circus stuff...