Word: performer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...problems of modern life, and that the straight path to a righteous solution of those problems lies in a sense of duty on the part of the possessor. It is the habit of the day to decry loudly the iniquity of others, to assume that in attacking them we perform our public duty; that by reforming them we fulfill the moral law. Such an attitude has its value. It corrects gross abuses; but by itself it is not a principle that makes for the highest type of civilization. Carlisle remarked of the French Revolution that everyone wanted to reform...
...track team needs. From just such men some of the best track and field athletes have been developed. Examinations are over, the warm weather is not far away. Let every man who is not taking regular exercise (and they are all too many at this time) not only perform that all important function, but do a share toward future track victories by reporting immediately to coach or captain...
...decisions of the voters as to their choice of each officer should be based upon two considerations: first, what a given man has done during the past three and a half years for the class and the College, and, second, how he is fitted to perform the task allotted to him. If these considerations are properly weighed by each voter, and the number of votes cast is large, the class of 1912 will have left little undone to make an entire success of the most important election in its career...
...proposed Cambridge charter which has been framed in large part by members of the University Faculty is a concrete example of the kind of service which men trained in the theory of government are able to perform in behalf of the improvement of local political conditions. The proposed charter includes provisions for a number of the most successful of the changes that have been made of late in city government, the commission plan of administration, the initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot and preferential voting. If accepted and administered in the right way, the proposed charter should put Cambridge...
...daughter of mine" etc., and John Sayle, Jr., has to do his courting in disguise (Act II). Thanks to an obliging old minister and the romantic surroundings the course of true love is smoothed and when the curtain falls the minister has four weddings instead of one to perform...