Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often asserted that colleges are largely responsible for the spread of so-called parlor Bolshevism," said President Neilson. "It seems to me that such an assertion implies that the next generation can be rendered immune from such diseases by dosing them with the readymade conservative opinions. Now, in the first place, it is not the case that in the colleges generally there is a radical tendency in the teaching. The academic economists are for the most part far from radical, and sources of Bolshevist thinking are not to be found in political economy as it is taught in our colleges...
...those who venture to voice their ideas, it is satisfactory to note that this wave of general hysteria and intolerance has not reached Boston artistic circles and that there is no agitation to prevent Kreisler's concert in Symphony Hall tomorrow. The wave of feeling against him which spread over the country during the fall was a disgrace to the intelligence of the American people. Even more ridiculous were the arguments which this controversy called forth. In one western city the editors of a newspaper which ventured to advocate Kreisler's playing were publicly arraigned as pro-German. Anyone...
Newspapers Spread Misinformation...
...cause of the United States' dislike of Japan is, I suppose, the misinformation that your newspapers have spread broadcast about Japan. Before there is a better relationship between the two countries America must be brought to a correct understanding of my country. Journalism in this country is shackled; your press is controlled by special interests, with the exception of a few independent newspapers which dare to say what they please. Editors seek to cater to the public and never to educate it. With such an arrangement there is certain to be much misrepresentation, and Japan feels that she has never...