Word: standpoints
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Letters of Franklin K. Lane offer three points of approach, none of which can be overlooked, all of which are interesting. Letters as such, if they are looked upon from the standpoint of literary interest are apt to prove disappointing, though not necessarily so. As a running commentary on the life and times of a certain period, the letters of one man are often inadequate, too close to affairs, and subject to the prejudices of the times. But it is as showing a remarkable and possibly great personality at first hand that a volume of collected letters such as those...
...Republican candidate for election stands for the highest ideals of the office. In his three months of service since his appointment by Governor Cox, he has shown scrupulous honesty of purpose, legal ability above the average, and fearlessness in the execution of his duty. From any sane, intelligent standpoint it is obvious that his election is of the utmost importance. More than the returning of a good man to office, more than the repudiation of an administration which can be termed a criminal distortion of duty, the whole principle of the worth of popular government is being tested...
Harmel, the last speaker of the evening, treated the question from the standpoint of the United States. He stated that America can not afford to abandon its traditional policies and its sovereign rights by entering the League, and that the conditions in Europe today do not merit the sacrifice. He maintained that America can serve the world far more effectively outside of the League than if she were in it. To bear out this point he added that the United States can point to a remarkable series of achievements towards the promotion of international peace since the inception...
...winning of the high hurdles by Hauera was the feature of the meet from the Crimson standpoint. Miller also registered a surprise by taking third in the discus. He did not place in the Yale meet, but his work last Saturday entitles...
...weekly meetings of the Association have been in charge of P. E. Wilson. An innovation was tried of having all meetings led by outside speakers and none by undergraduates. They have consequently been most successful from the standpoint of content, but the attendance has been rather small...