Word: morale
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...such qualities as the regiment has developed in Harvard men what is their ideal worth? Can it foster anything else but Inertia? The regiment, on the other hand, was the embodiment of ideals linked with real forces. It showed that it had begun to effect that co-ordination of moral with physical might which has won all the world's battles, whether in war or in peace. It defied the degeneracy of inertia. When the regiment marched in Saturday's parade and when it drilled today in the Stadium it quickened the pulses and brought cheers to the lips...
...comparatively recent origin, and that its growth has been extremely rapid. The first chair of Political Economy was not established until 1871, and prior to that time the only instruction offered in the subject was one short course given by the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. The growth of the Department during the last half century can best be shown by the following statistics: Year. No. of Teachers. No. of Courses. Hours of Instruction per Week. Students. 1867-68 1 1 1 26 1887-88 3 9 221/2...
...Sundays are an habitual form of exercise and recreation at all country clubs of importance near Boston, it seems inconsistent that the University courts should be closed on this day. It is highly improbable that an appreciable number of students object to Sunday tennis on the grounds of moral principle. But the creation of a disturbance to the people who live near the courts might be a serious criticism. Though Jarvis Field is so situated that tennis on its courts might demoralize the Sunday atmosphere in the residential section adjoining, Soldiers Field may be considered differently. It is remote from...
...industrious, progressive people. For three hundred years they were kept in subjection by Spain and had little chance for development. They had already overthrown the Spanish government when the United States entered the islands. One can buy land but one cannot buy a people. The United States has no moral right to stay in the islands and rule a people against its will. The acquisition of the archipelago was a "bad bargain." We had a duty, however, to perform. That duty is now performed, and it is time for us to leave the Philippines for Filipinos...
...United States should grant the Philippines independence within five years for moral reasons, since1. Every people have a right to govern themselves.2. Our constitution and national principles recognize and postulate this doctrine and therefore we must give them independence in order to be consistent.3. The Philippines will develop more rapidly and satisfactorily if given independence than under our control.4. We promised them independence and it is our duty to fulfill that promise...