Word: morale
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...France." The writer of the editorial then goes on to criticise these men who are pusillanimous enough to prefer to risk their lives in the relief of suffering rather than serve gloriously in their respective college regiments, even as he. The editorial is written throughout in a highly moral tone of admonition, of gentle rebuke, but it is nothing less than a serious attack on the ambulance drivers who have failed so lamentably to grasp what the writer calls nobly "the one loyalty" and "the greater cause." Perhaps I had better give his own words...
Just as the individual never wants to remain inactive and useless when his country is at war, so we as a nation cannot cowardly stand aloof and lend our moral support. We are all citizens of the United States, and we are proud of our country. Let us resolve to make other nations admire this country at war even as they have always admired us at peace...
...statements the obvious course of action for this country. Yet many of us feel that a mere declaration of war is all that is necessary to regain our national honor and make us a glorious ally of the Entente. Naturally, this step will give a certain amount of moral support to the Allies, but real war is not composed of moral support alone. The man who stands with arms folded while his brother is struggling to throw off a madman might as well not exist. He may have the best wishes in the world for his brother's safety...
...continued state of indecision results in moral and mental demoralization. This country has been in such a state for a dangerously long period, and the unfortunate resulting effect on the men in the University can be clearly seen. Everyone has been groping among chaotic uncertainties for a personal solution of the question, "What shall...
...Especially is giving on a small scale to be encouraged. The University has heretofore been criticized for not sufficiently encouraging the small giver. If such has been the case, it has been due to a lack of system rather than a lack of the need for the financial and moral support of the University's friends...