Word: making
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...both on land and sea, is used as a reason, whether true or false, for the United States keeping up large war expenditures. "Japan," he said, "lies in the East and does not interfere with America. Both are island powers, in the military sense, and as Burke says, 'should make use of the cheap defence of nations.' The competition of the Dreadnought sort cannot go on forever." The two nations should stand together and work for the disarmament of the powers...
...College, who use not only the applied science which they learned, but also the knowledge of character which they acquired from their association with many kinds of people in the University. Then he mentioned the Cosmopolltan Club, "the beginning of an intellectual and moral force which will in time make war impossible." Though most people believe that Japan and America are very different, the President stated that there were certain fundamentals alike. He mentioned but one "human nature." He spoke of the feudal tendencies of Japanese society in contrast to ours in which there is no birth distinction...
...Class list, less than 400 have returned their Class "Lives" and address cards to the Secretary, and a still smaller number have sent in subscriptions to the Class Fund to the Treasurer. The delinquents are urged again to make out the blanks and send them in at once, so that the Secretary can proceed with the preliminary arrangements for the Class Report...
...were compulsory, while elementary courses in subjects outside of a man's general trend and taken merely from curiosity were in many cases voted uninteresting. As a result of the criticism, the lecturers have made sure of their standing with their classes and possibly they have been led to make certain changes for the benefit of the undergraduates. It is hard to estimate the exact effect of the discussion, but it is understood that the reorganization of one course this year was due to it in great part...
...seriously watching and aiding a desperate struggle for victory. It is all very well to try to win and to try hard, and it is well for every member of the University to be normally enthusiastic for the team's success. But should we go so far as to make the cheering a rather hysterical and often unfair attempt to compel victory, rather than a recognition of good playing by the teams...