Word: masses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...propaganda; now the Germans themselves are complaining about the unfair use of this "weapon". German spiritualists (and Germany is a very "spiritual" country) have alleged that the French and English mediums broke every provision of the Hague Treaty by their flagrant misuse of psychic forces during the "late unpleasantness". "Mass prayers", they charge, more often and often employed at given hours to send great currents of malignant thought--energy over the German lines. The frequent downhearted condition of the German soldiery, erroneously attributed to the incomplete assimilation of too much sauerkraut, is now found to have resulted from these cowardly...
...mass meeting featured by three speeches representing the French, Italian, and German points of view on present-day economic question, 600 students from 11 colleges of Greater Boston gathered in Faneuil Hall last night to debate the question of a future Economic Conference of the Powers and finally passed the following resolution: "That a Conference of the Powers, including Russia and Germany, which shall deal with the economic consequences of the peace, is the logical sequel of the Washington Arms Conference; and that such a Conference is fundamental to the civilization of Europe and to the prosperity of the United...
...testimonials which will be sent to the White House. This document will be one of the most representative summaries of collegiate opinion all over the country that could possibly be obtained, as the students will not only vote on the questions but will choose their own subjects for discussion. Mass meetings will be held separately and in groups by all of the American colleges and discussions will be held similar to that at Faneuil Hall last night, the resolutions to be sent to the main office of the committee, where all the material will be condensed and divided into...
...idea is not in itself new or startling. The fact of its existence is merely lost sight of about this time every year. It is a great temptation, when studying for an examination, to fill up with a mass of facts and quotations and useful bits from the lecture notes, neglecting entirely the formulation of personal judgment and criticism. Now facts are essential to show a general knowledge of a course; but the ability to think for oneself is an advantage which is coming to have more and more recognition. Professors--the great majority of them at least--are asking...
Those who are familiar with the mass meeting neither can nor need be urged to attend the one at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday. They know from experience either that for them it is worth going to or it is not. But those who have sedulously avoided such gatherings, whether from principle, prejudice or laziness, and show no interest in the doings at Faneuil Hall lay themselves open to the charge of being woofully self-centered and dead to the world...