Word: soiled
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fundamental question with which the country has to deal is that of the food supply of the people; how an increase in the productivity of the individual acre can be brought about; how we can carry our own people on our own soil. This problem is the basis of all others. There is great opportunity here for young men, but it must be remembered that money rewards from this kind of government service are not large. A man must take his satisfaction in serving his whole country, in the permanency of his position, in congenial surroundings, and in the complete...
...there was little left for the hearers to do except to wonder, to enjoy, and to grow. Students accordingly flocked around in such numbers and eagerness as we read attended the lectures of Abelard. To be properly nourished, each age needs something that is not grown on its own soil. Besides the nutrition that is "timely," a little of that on which our forefathers fed keeps up the continuity of the stock. The methods of Mr. Norton were superbly out of date in our specialistic time. He saw in the Fine Arts the embodiment of man's deepest and most...
...Tewkesbury '87, who has been in China over 14 years, and is now a teacher in North China College, showed some very interesting views of the Chinese country, explaining the cause of the present famine. The population in the oppressed district is densely crowded, and wholly dependant upon the soil for its sustenance. As the spring harvest of rice has failed, the people are thrown as a dead weight upon the country, to be supported by others, or left...
...owners of fields had no legal right to them except during the periods when crops were being raised and harvested. The rest of the time, the field was common property, and anyone might pasture cattle upon it. An owner could not sow his soil oftener than once in three years. No pasture land could be ploughed because by so doing it was ruined as pasture land. Cattle lived but did not prosper under this system...
...year. As long as the Arabs remain nomads, however, the future of Arabia will be dark. The wandering tribes destroy the railroads, break up commerce and rob the citizens. The Turkish government is offering rewards and free land as an encouragement for them to settle down and cultivate the soil...