Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question of the ownership or control of the Shantung Peninsula, a difficulty which has baffled solution by the experts at the Peace Conference, the majority of people in America may be divided into two groups; those who believe China should retain possession of Shantung, and those who believe the sovereignty of that land is necessary to development and prosperity of Japan. And these two classes are each partial to their own view, tending to disregard the claims of the opposite side. It is on the sentiment of the Chinese people toward this question that the words of the Right Reverend...
Expressions of sentiment in the colleges on the most important public question of the day is a momentous experiment. One of the great weaknesses of our democracy is that our views, as a nation, are not organized. Certain groups, like the Chambers of Commerce, the American Legion, the Non-Partisan League, and the American Federation of Labor, occasionally carry on agitation and bring pressure to bear in order to influence legislation. And government in America has been defined as the result of the pressure of these organized opinions on the Central Legislative Body. But the great mass of American sentiment...
Counting its 9000 or so summer school students, Columbia has an enrolment of nearly 16,000. Of one thing certainly there can be no question. Columbia's sphere of influence is the largest of any institution of learning in this country. Indeed, it probably wields more influence over more men and women than any other university in the world, because its announced registration of 16,000 does not begin to tell the whole story. Thousands of other persons come under the Columbia spell through the medium of extension courses and lectures given in all parts of Greater New York...
Euclid's laws suffered a somewhat severe shock when scientists stated that, according to this theory, there is no infinity. To the natural question of "What lies beyond the end?" the scientists answer that space so nearly approaches infinity that we would not be able to determine the difference...
Coach Claflin is a disciple of the type of hockey that was originated and taught by Alfred Winsor '02. Whether this style of play will be as applicable in the small Pavilion as it was in the large Arena is a difficult question, but it is agreed that with certain modifications, Coach Claflin will find it successful wherever the team plays...