Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...younger they are, the more educated they are, the longer they have sojourned abroad, in so much greater measure is their contempt voiced, till it has become almost the mark of culture and broad-mindedness to hold in contempt the nation's money, lust, and laud to the point of idolization the noble principles and the high ideals of Europe. It is always easy to find the commonplace in that which a man knows, and to see in that which he does not know glamor and super-material beauty. Burdened by his own provincialism, which he considers cosmopolitan breadth...
...Referring to the subject matter of your communication, I would say, that to make efficient army officers, the best plan would be to adopt the West Point system as far as practicable...
...former years the two classes used to hold a cane rush but this has since been modified into a competition in sports. The three events will be a foot-ball game, a relay race and a tug-of-war. The final standing of the classes is based on a point system, the events counting four, three and two points respectively in the order named...
...wish to vote for the President on November 7 or for ex-Justice Hughes is a problem for our private judgment; we shall act according to our lights and not, we hope, according to our traditional or unexamined predilections. But whatever be our political opinions, there is one point on which as thinking and loyal citizens we can enthusiastically unite. It is in an attempt to secure the privilege for ourselves and future generations of college students of voting in presidential elections, without regard to the invidious question of whether or not we are entirely self-supporting, as the Massachusetts...
...another column the president of the International Polity Club voices a complaint against and suggests a remedy for a state of affairs which has caused many dissatisfaction and has also been the occasion of some unpleasant litigation. He makes the excellent point that the choice of president is of equal concern to citizens of every state, and that it is obviously unreasonable to exclude intelligent voters because of an unavoidable change of residence. A few states allow the "post card vote" for the benefit of non-resident citizens. Either this system should be made universal or the Massachusetts legislature should...