Word: reawakening
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Realizing the iniquities of this situation, a Mr. E. J. Mehren hopes by means of soap, water and snappy clothes to reawaken the old guild spirit of craftsmanship in the modern workman. And what a change that will make: relieved of the inferiority complex which his former garments made him feel, the new plasterer will step out with the pomposity of a banker, and lay plaster with the assurance of a hotel clerk. With this new complacency added to his already striking prosperity, the plasterer will be a man envied...
...force. But even if it is natural, it is not likewise sensible. The lesson which the war taught--that unpreparedness is infinitely costly both in lives and gold--should not be relegated to the dust of time. Soft-headed pacifists are as harmful in peace as in war. To reawaken the slumbering interest in the value and the need of an efficient navy, this day, the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, has again been set apart as Navy Day. In Boston and Brooklyn and other Navy Yard cities, the yards are today open to the public for inspection and instruction...
...After the war, the old party struggles will reawaken, the old class interests will reassert themselves, perhaps more vigorously than before. What may confidently be hoped for is that this party struggle will not have the same violence and bitterness as before...
...days, and it is also a noteworthy fact that our fathers were better speakers than we of the present generation promise to become. A revival of interest in the art of effective speaking is a very desirable thing and we welcome Dr. Curry's effort to reawaken that interest. He should receive substantial encouragement at his lecture tonight...
...contest of the year In it the athletic interest of the year culminates, a victory being the greatest glory and defeat the greatest disappointment. We look forward to the race this year with confidence and well earned victory may check the decline of Harvard's athletic prestige that reawaken the old-time enthusiasm which will bring success in the other branches of athletics next year...