Word: morale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...point of view so typically medieval. Indeed, the current experience in Russia proves conclusively that unless the church does perform a definitely progressive function in contemporary society, its continued existence is extremely precarious. When the bishops of one of the leading American sects fail to appreciate the moral fortitude which has characterized the attitude of the people during the last five tragic years, when they allow Hollywood and Reno to blind them to the beneficial social legislation which has been written on the law books of the country during the past decade, they are giving evidence of a narrow...
...America, decided to convert the U. S. into a vast barroom, and brothel to drag down the masses to a state of degeneracy, the wets of Mississippi, conceived and tried to pass the most eniquitous piece of whiskey legislation ever offered as an insult to the intelligence of a moral and spiritual-minded people...
...moral is slight. However, if and when the chosen few who edit the Guide Book see fit to revise it, it is strongly urged that they include hammer and chisel as essentials on any blind date. Venturing further, the day may come when a mass descent upon Radcliffe and Wellesley (with weapons) will remove this orthodontical veneer that has covered the female searcher after knowledge since time immemorial, and, oh happy day, render the feminine campus a joy forever. Arma virumque cano...
...harangued, "creates class differences, enables the few to hoard wealth, causes poverty and unemployment, and . . . seriously restricts the national budget so that even the most vital needs of national defense are not attainable. ... It is desirable for the people to abandon the selfish, individualistic economic sense, to awaken to moral principles and to hasten to establish an economy embodying the Empire's ideals [i. e., a military dictatorship]. The military . . . would cultivate the spirit of personal sacrifice in which the country's welfare alone counts, while ruling out extreme internationalism and individualism...
...Happiness lies not in the possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement; in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits." (Has the "thrill of creative effort" been too much for the farmer? If not, why does A.A.A. encourage with financial reward--the gaining of which, according to the President, never brings "happiness"--the reduction of crops? Or isn't it an "achievement" to produce food...