Word: racial
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fortunately such a choice is absolutely unnecessary, to say that one must choose between evolution and Christianity is exactly like telling the child as he starts for school that he must choose between spelling and arithmetic. Thorough knowledge of each is essential to success both individual and racial in life...
Secretary Kellogg was also introduced and declared: "The principal causes of war are national ambitions, national jealousies and racial hatreds...
This success, after all, is certainly not inexplicable. Miss Nichols has written a play of racial conflicts, tied together by every stock device of the theatre, with lines embodying the best Irish-Jewish jokes of the past few--to be charitable--years. There is no element of surprise in plot or in situation, every entrance and every exit is perfectly obvious. There is nothing subtle in the entire piece, but Miss Nichols is not writing for a public that demands subtlety. She should not be reviled by the critics, for she has the true instinct of the showman...
...open-minded liberal, President Little took an active part in the question of racial exclusion at Harvard three years ago. In a ringing speech to the alumni he denounced the exclusion policy. Since taking charge at Maine he has been a severe critic of educational methods; recently he was quoted as saying that the American colleges were best fitted for turning out "machine-made aristocrats." He is a strong believer in the personal value of education, and has said that he hopes to see the day when the personal interview will succeed the written examination...
...Parsees constitute a sect in India who are followers of Zoroaster. They are descendants of ancient Persians who migrated to India in the 8th Century. They are one of the more advanced of India's numerous racial and religious minorities...