Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...statement of President Henry Noble MacCracken of Vassar to the effect that "Civilization, as far as children are concerned, is a good deal of a mess", is gloomy enough to be worthy of Deanlnge. Cynics may reply that civilization, as far as adults are concerned, is also a good deal of a mess, so why specify? But President McCracken is not making such a declaration without a basis for his pessimism, and least of all would he be inclined to utter it before the Child Study Association of America an organization which is noted for its tendency to see only...
...decided to appoint committees of five from each Council to meet at the offices of the Yale Student Council in New Haven some time during the next month. Daley made no statement late last night concerning the specific questions that would be discussed at this committee meeting...
Lusitania. "The German reply . . . contained a statement to the effect that a great liner had no right to sink so quickly...
...Manhattan, produced a noticeable effect. The president, Banker Henry Fletcher, explained the purpose of the campaign-to raise $100,000 for the McAuley Water Street Mission. He talked about the Mission's history, activities. There was silence. Into this moment, ripe for emotional disturbance, John Markle threw his statement...
...This statement, however natural it may sound to us, is somewhat disingenuous. In the first place, the independence sentiment has been artificially stimulated by the Filipino politicians for their own selfish ends. In the second place, nearly every one of the leaders who have advocated it in public admit that in private that they do not believe the time has yet come for the Americans to withdraw completely from the Islands. Their secret ideal is for complete independence under the protecting arm of the United States, with the right to call on us for unlimited funds to experiment with government...