Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...National Amendment through the Massachusetts legislature has shown conclusively that there is little hope for the "wets." Massachusetts is the eleventh state to ratify and more significant, the fifth wet state. New York alone, of all the states that have been so far called upon to face this problem, has refused to pass the amendment: It has been successful even in such strongholds of the liquor interests as Kentucky and Maryland...
...William A. Dupee, of the United States Food Administration at Washington, will tell of America's problem in food conservation. He will show that, while many of the regulations issued by that department may have seemed unnecessary, they are, nevertheless, all based on most pressing necessity and are the result of a nation-wide study of the food situation...
...settling of the problem of the ages can't be done in the twinkling of an eye--not even the legal eye. I, for one, have no such ambitions, even if I were to live and try for 'a thousand years. But though the aim be only to hint at a useful tendency--that, too, takes a certain amount of effort and patience. That is why I feel the need of coming back to the attack, on that little matter of the aims of education...
...immediate attention. In all the instances I have given above, the motive of the action was openly selfish and materialistic: private gain or personal comfort was the end desired. This materialistic motive pervades all human society at the present time; it lies at the heart of the social problem. Unfortunately, the evil is a difficult one to remedy; an easier and more effective method is to prevent it. Does Mr. Lazarus think this can be done by recognizing and encouraging in our system of education "a frank striving for money?" I do not. Does Mr. Lazarus think that military...
...because they see no purpose in it; the question "to what end?" must be answered by our professors and instructors if a higher record is to be shown at the college office for the work of its undergraduates. Specialized efficiency is by no means an adequate solution of this problem; rather, comprehensive intelligence is what should be sought...