Word: morale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Michael Bartlett) whom Osgood Perkins' surveillance has kept from meeting her, pretends to love Perkins. She sends him to berate the suitor for his attentions, thus establishing communication with the suitor. The communication becomes more complete until the two young people are bedded, then married. To point the moral the indulgent brother wins his ward...
...only bona fide magazine" of its sort. Nudist Boone's activities began annoying the Ponds Church congregation last August. Last month the consistory of elders asked him quietly to resign. Nudist Boone agreed, stipulating however that the consistory accept twelve conditions, such as that no accusation of "moral or spiritual turpitude" be made; that the standards of Nudism be conceded to be consistent with "a wholesome Christian life." Last week the consistory accepted the resignation with many a "whereas" but declined to accept the twelve conditions. Thereupon Nudist Boone announced that he had not resigned at all and could...
...more of a domestic political move than a warning to Europe which Ambassador Norman Davis made in behalf of President Roosevelt. For unless the United States lends its moral influence toward the side of peace, confusion will continue in Europe. Having defined American policy as one of non-interference in the political controversies of Europe, the United States then finds herself in a strategically more favorable position to counsel with all the different elements in Europe's most complicated crisis...
...allies who signed the treaty also promised to disarm. America has been trying in a tactful way to compel obedience by both sides. The moral influence of the United States in working out a peaceful settlement of the disarmament problem is all the greater because of what Hitler has done. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have been sincerely sponsoring every move looking toward disarmament in the world. It is inconceivable that at the very time when Europe is in acute need of disinterested counsel and conciliation that the United States should scuttle the ship. Hence the latest message issued...
...even dictatorial. It is merely a auisance to all concerned. The student must be sure of his plans a day ahead of time; he must, in many instances, seek out that elusive figure, the Senior Tutor, who must, in turn, submit to constant interruption in the name of moral order. This is not necessary. In any case, the Janitor remains the watchdog, and the twenty-four hour rule can have no other justification than Puritanism. The Janitor, moreover, is a handy fellow, easily and always accessible. There seems to be no good objection to a system which would permit students...