Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...speak usually of our honor system. First it was a system merely. It has now become, however, a spirit pervading the place. In the present troublous times our nation is at war in order that men may live their lives according to the code of honor. In the new order of things after the war, it is the sense of honor which must prevail between man and man, nation and nation, the world over...
...company with the nation-wide "drive" for the sale of the "Smileage Books," a campaign to aid in this sale has been organized in the University. This week and part of next have been designated by the Military Entertainment Council for the special sale of these books and the students of the University have been asked by the Council to back the "drive" as they have backed the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns. Posters are being distributed by a committee apointed for this work and the "Smileage Books" will be placed on sale at the CRIMSON Building on Plympton...
...American people must remember that we are living and working in a democracy; that democracy and professionalism are repugnant, and always will be. A true democracy must find room for the amateur to expand. A nation must either be democratic or it must be autocratic, having efficiency in professionalism. In democracies each man must have an opportunity in public affairs, and efficiency and professionalism must be restricted to private life...
...government takes over the operation and administration of the industrial functions of a nation, a state of socialism is approached. Socialism demands efficiency. But since efficiency in the nature of things is incompatible with true democracy, when efficiency is permanently obtained, democratic government must perish...
...absurdity. Two facts argue strongly for intercollegiate games. The first is that the President of the United States and the leading men of the War Department advocate them. Second, the colleges which have maintained an intercollegiate system have not shown that their patriotic fervor or their interest in their nation's affairs has waned, while their athletics have been much more substantial and have done more good for a greater number...