Word: social
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...promote inter-university and international student-fellowship throughout the world, thus seeking to foster in the social life of the world that breadth of views and of sympathies which students gain through their college and university studies and associations...
...affiliated colleges has stimulated general diffusion of the system. The "Unit of Instruction" is a course of six or twelve weekly or fortnightly lectures, followed by a special conference or class. The "unit of organization" consists of a committee of citizens or the directors of a literary or social club, who are willing to assume the local management of the course. Lecturers are secured through the central office, either from the faculty of a neighboring collese or from the society's regular staff. The growth of the system has been remarkable. In 1890-91, there were 23 centres...
...COOK and R. G. DODGE.Best general references: Forum, II, 429, 438 (Jan., 1887; Pop. Science Mo., XXIII. 224 237 (June, 1883); Convers, Marriage and Divorce, 220 230; Journal of Social Science, No. 14, 152-163 (Nov., 1881); Princeton Review, IX. 90-92 (Jan., 1882); Woolsey, Divorce and Divorce Legislation...
...Reform in our divorce laws is necessary. - (a) Divorces are increasing greatly: Tribune Almanac for 1893, 212-213; C. D. Wright, Report on Marriage and Divorce, 77-113. - Present lax system affects stability of American institutions: Journal of Social Science, No. 14, 155-163. - (1) Bad effect on individual. - (2) On family: New Englander. XLIII. 61. - (3) On nation at large: Princeton Review, IX. 92. - (c) State laws vary on every point: Lloyd, The Law of Divorce, ch. VI. - (1) Grounds for divorce. - (2) Legal proceedings. - (3) Subsequent status of parties: Forum...
...national government ought to control divorces: Princeton Review, IX. 90. - (a) Excellent moral effect. - (b) Prevention of frauds: New Englander, XLIII. 57 - (1) Change of residence. - (2) Divorce-lawyers. - (c) Doing away with lax laws and loose proceedure: Journal of Social Science, No. 14, 152-155. (1) Utah. - (2) Illinois. - (3) Arizona until recently. - (d) Our mobile population put under one definite...