Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...demands that the Administration make more use of them. The very fact that the country wants men of this sort to control the industrial and commercial activities shows the necessity of training in organization and management. To educate citizens with this purpose in view becomes a service to the nation. In the years of reconstruction which are due to come, the aid of trained business men will be necessary. The growth of the graduate school shows progress whether in war or in peace...
...story in the present generation, even as in that of the olden times, shone most brightly over brave men. "And brighter lights shone o'er fair women and brave men." And there seems to be a reason for it. A social scientist, 40 years ago, said that the greatest nation of the future would be the one that could send the most men to the top of the Matterhorn. He was assailed by many with questions as to what he meant and whether he placed physical qualities and strength and the physique above the artistic and literary. But the events...
...William Cheney. At the declaration of war he enlisted immediately in the Aviation Service, for which he had begun his preparation while a boy at St. Mark's School, a year before the war began. Though only a Freshman in Harvard College, and below the age at which the nation has called forth its young men, he was ready for service and was among the first to be sent to the front. While in training at Newport News he showed the qualities of leadership that made him of value and the ability that his superior officer was quick to recognize...
...brought about a change in the Tufts curriculum. Two new intensive emergency courses, one in chemistry, and the other in industrial electricity, have been announced by President Bumpus, as a result of the nation's imperative demand for technically trained...
...vigorously their College work, but most of these are already preparing for France. Another group, far greater in number, includes undergraduates whom the seriousness of the times encourages to strive for College distinction with greater eagerness. In addition to both these, another class exists, uninfluenced and unaffected. As the nation throws more energy into the conflict, and as every American becomes more involved in the fortunes of our arms, the average student must perceive a change in his attitude. The University will be made up to a greater extent of men who realize that they are enjoying both a privilege...