Word: question
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...success of the psychological entrance examinations at Columbia and elsewhere in the country where they have been adopted, is beyond question according to the unqualified statement of Dr. A. L. Jones, Director of Admissions at Columbia. At Columbia the examinations have been established as a permanent feature and this recognition of their value will doubtless have a great effect all over the country...
...have studied the Armenian question declare that with the acceptance of a mandate for Armenia by the United States a relatively small body of armed forces could preserve order, and after a period be gradually withdrawn. Such action on our part would scarcely require compulsory military training...
...from attributing to him unpopular sentiments about American government; from indignant letters demanding his suppression; from veiled editorials suggesting that he is "not the sort of man"; from abusing him indiscriminately as a "subtle propagandist" and a "credulous sentimentalist;" and from the argumentum ad hominem generally. Apart from any question of courtesy or dignity, this sort of thing is an insult to the intelligence of the University. If a man is lying to call him a liar is a waste of time which might better be devoted to establishing the truth; if he is telling the truth...
...Humphries came at the invitation of a certain radical group in the University. Those men say they wanted "to hear both sides of the question." What they wanted to hear, and have others hear, was their own side. Otherwise, why should they have imported Mr. Humphries...
...question of rendering him the honor that is his due. Indeed, I'm not so sure as to how much comfort Alexander-wherever he now may be-is taking in the thought that, 2242 years after his early demise at Babylon, lots and lots of people on this little pin-head in the cosmos still persist in calling him "the Great." The real point is this, that Whitney's career as a man "who did things" is still a lesson, an example, an inspiration, for the young American of today...