Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...These days are not days for talk," said Dean Yeomans. "The Faculty has by unanimous consent and with the utmost confidence in you, made every concession to enable you to enter and serve in the cause of the nation. What difference does it make if the Faculty has done this if you do not stand by the Government. We have been criticized for going too far, for giving the students an opportunity to conceal 'slacking' and demoralization. The country is watching how you are standing up, and is asking questions. 'Can you submit to subordination, discipline, and self-control...
...most perplexing problems of war times is the maintenance of the institutions of peace essential in the healthy life of a nation. Social service particularly is apt to suffer in the rush of military preparations, with the unfortunate result that slum life rapidly grows more and more miserable in the great cities...
...experience of Canada was typical. During the opening months of the war all settlement houses were converted into relief work stations for the army, but at the end of six months they were advised that they could serve their nation far better by returning to their former work and helping in the solution of the wretched social conditions at home...
...singing of a national anthem has so long been associated with patriotic devotion that its value to a state has become axiomatic. When the cave-men first banded together to enjoy community life, they surely selected some guttural sounds which signified that they were ever ready to defend that newly-formed union. And so in ancient, mediaeval and modern times, each country has had its stirring call to duty. No one can question the power which "La Marseillaise" or even "Deutschland Ueber Alles" have exerted over their respective peoples. The United States of America has selected the "Star Spangled Banner...
...Board may well be worth more to the nation in accomplishment than a whole army corps, and Dean Gay more than a skilled tactician...