Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Poetry that teaches is not, he said, the same as didactic poetry. We ask the poet to teach only in his own fashion and mind his own lessons. We protest against didactic poetry; we resent its incompetence...
...Adopted an amendment permitting manufacturers and organized labor to intervene in customs cases involving valuation and classification of imported merchandise; rejected an amendment permitting them to intervene in customs cases involving reappraisement and protest against collectors decisions...
...much has been said about the significance of the intercollegiate athletic field as a factor in social understanding that it is not to be wondered if a justly tired public long ago became dubious and raised its hand in protest. Considerable exaggeration undoubtedly in many instances gives rise to a far too optimistic view towards meetings which are often more objective spectacles breeding little mutual understanding. In an atmosphere tuned up to the scale of fifty thousand spectators it becomes increasingly more convincing for the sceptic to smile away the mention of a genuine relationship between the two participating student...
...that can appeal to souls living in this age? It is only a worshipping, teaching, practicing, creative church whose members are prepared to mark themselves off from all outsiders by a different manner of life affecting all their financial, domestic, civic and social relations, forcing them into constant protest against the present sub-Christian* order and making them ready to dare all for Christ's sake...
...again in the little company of scholars who are supposed to lead the undergraduate toward the light? On this point the Chief Justice makes no suggestions. But possibly the remedy lies in a reaction among the alumni themselves. We note, for instance, in "The Harvard Alumni Bulletin," a strong protest against a proposed enlargement of the Harvard Stadium to meet the demand for seats at her major athletic spectacles. This and the more or less widespread movement to get rid of the professional coach are excellent omens. --New York Herald Tribune...