Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prophesies Anti-Republican Reaction...
...system of undergraduate control has much to recommend it and during the past two or three years has gained the support of a reaction against the so-called over-emphasis on athletics, particularly in football. Thus while crew at one end of the scale is falling into line, there is a feeling in some quarters that the power and responsibility of the coach in football have reached their zenith. It is unlikely that they will grow much more. But an attempt arbitrarily to hasten their decline, if, in fact, a decline is advisable, would be idle and harmful...
...opportunity of contrasting the soldier and civilian reaction to the Franco-German controversy in the Ruhr will be given to every Union member next month for Major General Henry T. Allen will speak at the Union November 2 on "Europe as I Saw It," and Mr. A. G. Alley '01 probably November 20 on "The Battle for the Ruhr, the Rhine, and the Saar...
...there are signs that perhaps the reverse of tradition is nearer the truth. In 1913 Mr. Adams could see for American education nothing but a future of continued democratization with its attendant evils. In 1923, after ten intensive years of such a process, there are signs of a natural reaction and of a growing sentiment in favor of at least a few colleges which, in opposition to the mammoth institutions of our generation, shall maintain for those who wish it and can benefit by it the tradition and ideal of liberal education...
...Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania took a fortnight's vacation at Milford, Pa., during which he observed the nation's reaction to his settlement of the coal strike. Unfortunately for Mr. Pinchot's Presidential aspirations, he comes from what is regarded as a solid Republican state. Pennsylvania is expected to vote Republican whether or not one of her sons leads the ticket. " So," say politicians, "why pick a Pennsylvanian ? " But the prospects of Mr. Pinchot's securing even the Pennsylvania delegation are not too bright. Mr. Pinchot is a reformer and an outsider to the great...