Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...President's proposal for a league to prevent war, if carried into effect, will make of every nation a policeman, but of what use is a policeman without arms? He cannot keep or help keep the peace by mere realization that he is morally better than the offender. He must be prepared to enforce the law. And there lies the answer to Mr. Davis' query, "What is it for?" Far from making the President seem insincere, the increase of our army to moderate size (which is all that the universal training advocates urge) would add incalculable weight to his proposal...
There can be no question but that Harvard men will fulfill in practice what they have approved in theory. With young men willing to undergo sacrifice for their country, here and in other universities, and among non-University men, the future of our nation cannot be but full of promise...
...review the movies is to fulfill a distinctly modern function, for our dogmatic critic of today, nursed on the latest of the old diets, will experience a strange sensation in attempting to pass judgment on a series of reels, no matter what their quality. "The Birth of a Nation," however, made us sit up and take notice, and from its appearance on, we have been made to realize that great things were being done in this field of popular pantomime. "A Daughter of the Gods," now playing at the Majestic Theatre, is evidently a production trying to equal the record...
Bacon said, "Reading maketh a full man"--the Advocate should beware how it may increase its bulk, for, in an issue like the present, "padding" with "ads" would be like offering a supply of tooth-picks to a starving nation...
Again the University as a whole is called upon to express its opinion in regard to a great national question. The verdict of the University will not determine the nation's course, but it will have far more influence on the question of universal military training than it had in determining who should be nominated in Chicago or elected in November. Since the Senate Committee will understand the result as expressing the sentiment of the entire University, each man should exercise due care in casting his ballot...