Word: problem
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the period in which the Barbary pirates were most active, M. Millet described Algiers-its soil, climate, productions and inhabitants. France had a long and difficult struggle before it conquered this barbarous country, and after finally subduing it, was confronted with the puzzling problem of conciliating two widely different races, the conquered and the conquerors. In the beginning, many mistakes were made, but the general condition of the country is steadily improving and the natives show by their increase in numbers and wealth, that they are not dissatisfied with the government of France...
...German Imperial Commissioner at St. Louis, on behalf of Emperor William of Germany, will formally present to the University the collection of models, charts, maps and books, which formed a part of the German exhibit at the recent St. Louis Exposition. The gift, which represents social improvement and the problem of social ethics in Germany, will be an important addition to the equipment of Emerson Hall, the new building of the Department of Philosophy...
...merely to take possession of unoccupied lands, or to give the world their own civilization, with the world today, where there is no longer any unoccupied space, and where we are ever in the presence of original and refractory civilizations which cannot and will not be modified. This problem, said M. Millet, brings us back to the history of the Mediterranean when Egypt and Assyria 2500 years ago found themselves in the presence of the forming European societies. Finally M. Millet discussed the more important races of this region--the Phcenicians, which brought about an evocation of the great Carthage...
From a careful observation of the life of the common people the sociologist acquires the proper point of view for his problem. As the development of medical science has resulted in great discoveries, so the application of the scientific interest to social problems will undoubtedly bring great advances of vital importance to our "democratic experiment." As the university settlement aims to be a neutral ground where all the varied types of our society can meet on the basis of self-respecting humanity, the needs and dangers of our complicated social life can be better met and understood...
...terms. The conflict, therefore, immediately becomes a political affair in which dishonest means are often used to win the favor of the officers of the law. To conciliate these two great industrial forces of labor and capital, organized as monopolies with a perfection never before reached, is a momentous problem which will well serve as the test of a democracy...