Word: perform
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...allow the control to pass into the hands of those who run it for their own benefit, and that it was in this respect that the college man falls down. In war time he was the first to come to the front, but in peace he fails to perform his single duty of casting his vote and he should regard himself as a traitor...
...first responsibility is for every citizen to at all times exercise the right of voting. This year over 40,000 people failed to vote in the Boston election and the year before only 30 percent voted for members of the municipal council. Everyone can perform this service and no man or woman who has the right to vote and fails to vote through his own fault, can regard himself as other than a traitor to democracy...
...present defects, he stated that such a measure would be out of the question. He again emphasized the part that the trouble was not with the voting system, but with the sheer neglect of many of the educated citizens either to take an active interest in politics or to perform the simple task of casting their vote. "The college man owes a special duty to the country for his education, which he pays in time of war, but not in times of peace...
...Choosing courses for the rest of the year between eleven-fifty and twelve o'clock on Monday morning is a case of marrying in haste and repenting at leisure. And for the man who decries paternalism, the authorities may well say that as long as students are unable to perform the simple task of getting their study-cards in on time, they can scarcely be trusted with heavier responsibilities...
...remark is often heard. Like everything else, the competitions of the Good Old Days have degenerated sadly. Then it was that compets would perform Herculean tasks, and come back looking for more. Anything to win. But now. . At least, so says the August Senior...