Word: methods
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question of a change in the present club system, it is of pre-eminent and vital importance that the one paramount defect in that system be kept in mind, namely, the elective feature which makes possible and necessary the maintenance of 17 clubs with separate identities. It is this method of election which must bear the brunt of the attack...
...would be hard to find a more effective method of dealing with this so-called Harvard Union for American Neutrality than the pointed sarcasm of that editorial...
...admirably does Mr. Cecil H. Smith sum up the situation when, in speaking for the Union, he says: "What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideas of freedom and reason...
...must be apparent to all thoughtful people that the precious inheritance of Anglo-Saxon democracy is now at stake; that America must be prepared to fight for it, as she has fought for it before. I believe that universal service is the fairest and most democratic method of preparedness, both military and industrial; and that a plan of universal service, largely conceived, will have a great constructive usefulness, whether or not we engage in war, in organizing the unity and happiness of the nation, in the construction of a better social order than that under which we now live. Harvard...
Referendum has not yet proved to be a sure method for discovering what is good for a people. There are too many men who vote by personal preference or prejudice. In this critical moment we must put some trust in the leaders we have chosen and at the same time realize as must of our individual responsibility to our country as we can. ELMER M. ELLSWORTH...