Word: soberness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fighting Germany, Austria, and Drink, and so far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is Drink," he was thinking of the slowing-down of the production of munitions by the drunkenness of the workman. America, too, has drunken workmen, and they should be made sober. Moreover, the cost of food is, and will be, very great, so that no man should be permitted to spend on liquor the money needed for the sustenance of his family. Let us take to heart the word that comes from Russia to the effect that the savings...
...most striking feature of the military mass meeting held in the Union last night was the serious and sober manner in which the eleven hundred undergraduates who crowded the Living Room received the sound advice of Dean Yeomans and President Lowell. In their two strong speeches the reasons for the University's action in regard to the R. O. T. C. in the present crisis was explained and the men were urged to vindicate that action by steady work through the special examination period as well as by cool and deliberate service after...
...Fisher, on "Our Military Problem"--shows considerable information and sound reasoning. The style is straight-forward and vigorous, and whether the conclusion is right or wrong, the argument is of a kind that deserves a hearing. "The Verge of War," by Mr. Rogers, is in the main a sober account of the necessities of the present situation. It is marred by occasional exaggerations and the style is a little too elaborate and rhetorical throughout. The editorials, which counsel calmness and independent reflection together with earnest preparation for all eventualities, are sound in substance, but here and there awkward in exposition...
...along that line of student activity remains to be seen. There are college men everywhere who make a specialty of wrestling with King Alcohol whenever his majesty offers an opportunity, but their number is comparatively small. It happens, however, that the drunken student usually makes more noise than the sober one, and naturally attracts more attention in public places...
...there is no reason why the subject of universal military training should not be debated now. Harvard's balloting has not settled the question; it is a topic of more than a day's importance, one which will continue to be of acute interest until sober discussion has decided it one way or the other. A triumph achieved without preliminary argument, though it may be indicative, cannot be regarded as final. Both sides may still make converts...