Word: joinings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...duty to assist doctors to combat disease in God's name. "The physician is conscious that he is working with a mysterious partner inherent in life which we call vis medicatrix naturae, or the tendency of an established system to recover its equilibrium." Priest and doctor can join in the encouragement and sustenance of this "vis," this "will to live...
...Until recently, Parliament was split into two sections, one at Peking, and one at Canton, so that neither could secure a quorum. But some of the members came back at Peking, and now there are only 60 or 70 members at Shanghai who refuse to join in the Parliament. These protesting members believe that Li Yuan Hung was deposed illegally in 1917 and will not recognize Kun Tsao. Mr. Chen explained that there was also another government under Sun Yat-Sen in the extreme southern provinces which is virtually independent...
...best essay on the subject "Why the United States should join the League of Nations" will win an award of 100 dollars. Second and third prizes of 75 and 50 dollars, respectively, are also offered. The contest, which is open to every undergraduate in any university or college in the United States, will close at noon on March 1, 1924. All manuscripts must be received before that time at the office of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, 15 West 37th Street, New York City. 3,000 words is the limit of length...
Freshmen who wish to join the discussion, which will follow the four speeches, will find the material in the "Nation" for January 9 and the Literary Digest for January...
Unless one is a rabid isolationist determined to let the rest of the world go hang, one must admit that the Bok Prize Plan is one the whole a sound and well-reasoned document. The first provision--to join the World Court--has already received wide-spread public approval, and the many refinements which have been made upon whether this does or does not mean getting sucked into the League of Nations are cast aside by the second provision. The latter provides for a gradual widening of American cooperation with the League which would lead eventually to membership pari passu...