Word: rulings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those who, by gross exaggeration, are elevating the present food situation from a serious condition to a terrible famine may justify themselves under the theory that only by frightening the people with dark fears will the people do as they should. That rule is supposed to work well in the nursery, to guide children in the path of duty. But no prophecies that "the famine'll get you if you don't watch out" may be used to instil fortitude and determination into an intelligent nation. If we as a people need such methods of comprehending the necessary, then...
While there is no possibility of the national bond issue failing, since the temper of our people is what it is, yet it rests on each man to see that he measures up to the temper of his people. It is the rule of democracies that what is everybody's business is nobody's business; and the overwhelming success of the Liberty Loan being in strong measure everybody's business, there is always the possibility that each individual will leave the task of successfully concluding that business to the indeterminate "public...
...Class Day spreads are required to notify the janitor before June 8 so that the necessary arrangements can be made, and must apply to the janitor before that date for basement rooms, if desired, for the use of caterers. Seniors will be held responsible for the observance of the rule forbidding punches or distilled liquors in College rooms, and to the rules regarding admission into the Yard on Class Day. Seniors must notify their caterers that wagons will not be allowed to enter the Yard after noon on Class...
...have composed the athletic teams of the larger universities have entered some form of military service, and the teams which would represent these universities would necessarily be composed of much less suitable material. It would be necessary to take certain steps in regard to eligibility rules, and it is expected that, with the possible resumption of athletics in the fall, rules will be adopted which will permit the freshmen whose numbers will not be greatly depleted, to participate, thus suspending in limited direction the present one-year residence rule...
...might be noted that there are many conscientious objectors to work. However, in our individual and unfeeling economic system, such objectors of a rule are compelled under the duress of starvation to violate their conscience to the extent of earning the essential bread of life. In Germany, where the control of the state is more strict, such objectors might be put in pauper institutions. In the Cannibal Islands, where (they say) the control of the state is less strict, objectors to war might be forced to the alternative of entering either the army or the tribal soup kettle...