Word: question
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...prime topics of discussion with newspapers, educators, and the great public used to be, before the war came along to lift their attention to loftier things, whether college men were democratic or not. A like subject is little worth the debate that has been put upon it. The question depends on what is meant by democratic. College men are more open to fair judgments of their fellows because they associate with them in a most intimate way. But, like other men, they are subject to the errors of judgment...
...fact, but to attribute this without any ground to the reason that the Chinese are "cowardly" can not but be construed as an act of wanton insult of national character. If the Chinese are given the best of equipment and training, as the people are in this country, the question whether they are cowardly can then be decided on the battlefield in a future war. If China should have awakened fifty years earlier, and succeeded in establishing a large modern army and navy and developing her resources, the author of the editorial would not probably rest assured that she could...
...Both Houses of Congress having accepted the principle of the citizen's liability to service, and being about to apply this principle in legislation for the raising of troops, the majority of citizens who have not given this subject serious consideration are apt to feel that the question is permanently settled...
...There never was a time when the merchant marine problem more insistently called for solution. To take the place of the tonnage destroyed in the war our government is seeking to build wooden ships by the thousand. But an even greater question is involved; for the stability of our industries, the very prosperity of the country, depends in large part on our overseas shipping facilities. On account of the lack of ships our exporters have suffered severely from excessive freight rates, unfair discrimination in favor of foreign competitors and, in many cases, actual loss of business. The great factor...
...Contrary to the information which was published in the Boston Herald of Wednesday, May 9, there is no question of the French Officers leaving Harvard University. They have begun their duties and will continue until they are completed...