Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...move in the right direction has been made by the Women's Municipal League of Massachusetts, which makes its main purpose to "prepare women to fill positions now open to them in municipal and state departments." But such opportunities ought not to be limited to women alone. The need of men of a high type to make a business of politics instead of politics of their business was never more in evidence than today. As Colonel Roosevelt once put it, "to be effective in politics a man must make it his profession. An amateur politician is like an expert fencer...
Something ought to be done. If these outbursts of infantile joy cannot be restrained, they can be diverted into more fecund channels. After all, clapping is purely mechanical, a very inadequate outlet for self-expression. Why not, instead, concerted singing of that familiar old song...
...most of the reforms he advocated 20 years ago have now been accomplished, and the country is better for them. Apropos of Mr. Bryan's career, Mr. Foss stated that it is not necessary for a man to hold office in order to serve the public. He can and ought to do it by keeping in touch with political issues, supporting men who are working for unselfish motives, and offering his own services as a candidate when they are needed...
...support and already some enthusiasts can easily foresee the day when they will be able to swing their clubs on a University course. A happy day, indeed, but far from realization. There's many a slip, as the golfer would say, between the tee and the cup. The plan ought not to be permitted to die in its infancy from lack of consistent support. The Golf Association can be kept hale and vigorous; and a modest course fund should be started. Then, when the alumni see that the project is being carried forward in earnest, they may reasonably be relied...
...develop fully a Harvard team worthy of the name, is a two months' job; but to develop an undergraduate support worthy of that team ought not to take anything like the time. Lukewarm cheering, poor attendance, lack of interest in the games inevitably have an effect on the team. In the past when such difficulties have been encountered they have been due largely to a lack of organization among the student body...