Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which its graduates and undergraduates have done in war work. It is only natural that active military service should receive the greatest measure of praise, for with it go all dangers and hardships. Yet there are many other fields in which men may serve with great benefit to their nation. A group of University undergraduates has just finished a task, the completion of which deserves most honorable mention. These men gave up their Christmas vacation to go into the woods nearby and gather fuel to relieve the shortage so keenly felt in Boston this winter. It was a splendid work...
...increased membership drive in the University has been a part of the nation-wide campaign to enroll ten million new members before Christmas Eve. Reports from Washington as to the outcome of the attempt are very favorable, indicating that mobilized Red Cross workers are obtaining heavy enrollments in every section of the country. New England's quota, however, of one million new members is being reached very slowly...
There may be something ironical about wishing a Merry Christmas to a nation just started in the first stage of a terrible war. Too many of our homes will find it difficult to be merry at this time; too many of us will feel the loss of friends too keenly to enter into the usual Yuletide spirit. For whether the war has directly affected our family or not, the thought of its existence is enough to make Christian enthusiasm wane a little. This will be Christmas when we can and must get away from thoughtless amusement, from that kind...
...make his decision and force himself to stick to his work uncomplainingly, to accept its increased weight and responsibility and always to make the most of the exceptional opportunities for military training, he will not only develop himself to an unsuspected degree but he will also serve the nation with the highest form of patriotism intelligently directed. --Yale News
...sane world, "freedom of the sea" means what it did to Grotius: Beyond the shallows of the shore no nation claims control. To an obstinate old man, obsessed with that German war mania that has cost the world so much blood and so many tears, it means that in time of war no nation must have a sea power superior to Germany's or capable of coping with German aggression. Yet when Germans solemnly protest that they are fighting for the freedom of the seas, it is the Tirpitz kind of freedom that they have in mind. New York World...