Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Such universal love of the land must call for our commendation. The desire to live for one's nation in a truck-garden rather than dying for the same cause in a trench shows a proper philosophic regard for the value of human life. One can fight with potatoes as well as bombs and reap the harvest wheat instead of an unkind enemy...
...latest of a succession of serious blows which the University Faculty has suffered this year: the death of Professors Parker, Royce, and Muensterberg, and the resignation of Professors Taussig and Wendell. The latest loss is not the least. For by his sincere devotion to the cause of his nation, no less than by his declaration of allegiance to the United States, Kuno Francke has won the admiration of even the most intemperate enemies of Germany. He was the last active apologist of the German cause at Harvard, and now that he has gone, we shall miss the candor, the tolerance...
...finest part of his attitude is that it contains no bitterness or vindictiveness. Although he belongs to the nation of Lissauer and von Bissing, he expresses none of their sentiments, but hopes, with Professor Muensterberg, that an ultimate alliance of Great Britain, Germany and the United States will maintain peace in the world. We feel, of course, that this is impossible as long as the present dynasty and philosophy prevail in Germany. But Professor Francke's attitude is at least a step in the right direction. It indicates the path of tolerance and foresight which President Wilson indicated...
...show the Government that we can equal, if not beat, them at their own game. Let us show the alumni and the University that we appreciate what they have done for us. And finally, let us show our French instructors, and through them the splendid and generous nation which, in the hour of her own need, has spared them to us, that we are not ungrateful and not unworthy. B. A. G. FULLER...
...stands behind him, the possibilities of a commission before. His failure would mean a great deal to himself, and a great deal to the country, for every man available is needed. It would be a great calamity if a large number of those ready for the service of the nation were rejected because of academic failure...