Word: objectional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...object is to aid these men in the study of social conditions through firsthand contact in sections of New York City where conditions are frequently at their worst; to give them an introductory training as Christian leaders; and to make clear the advantages of graduate study in preparation for such service. The men will work under supervision throughout the period of their residence--one or two men each in various church neighborhood houses, Young Men's Christian Associations, Settlements, and similar institutions of the city. Their work will occupy two periods out of three each day, counting forenoon, afternoon...
...student members of the Union themselves, as represented by the Undergraduate Committee, may have their preferences as regards speakers disregarded at any time. We strongly believe that the wishes of the students ought not to be disregarded, even though it is plain that some of Harvard's alumni will object to certain unorthodox men being invited to the Union...
...have no quarrel with football or with its supporters. We believe football to be a valuable game in its place. We do object to the grossly exaggerated aspect of its importance, for which our American newspapers are largely responsible. We do not think it healthy to idolize the college athlete as he has been idolized in the past ten or fifteen years. The larger part of the value of football is gained by the men who participate in the game. Therefore, football in general will be more valuable when more men play it. This will not happen until intercollegiate athletics...
...object of the Committee is "to work for enforcement of all law, with special stress at present on the Prohibition Law-the front today where the battle against lawlessness is being fought...
...flourished under the name of St. Petersburg. But the War taught us that St. Petersburg was a naughty German way of saying what the Russians, who were then our brave and gallant Allies, called Petrograd. So Petrograd it became. Maps were being changed so much that cartographers did not object...