Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...decision to curtail the membership was reached by the Governing Board last spring after Mr. J. J. Mead, superintendent, had recommended it. The step was forced by the limited facilities of the Union building...
...Harry Emerson Fosdick is again the center of public attention. Seen in historical perspective, the "Modernist" controversy is the logical issue of Luther's successful revolt against authority in the sixteenth century. Since every new step in matters of importance is almost certain to crystallize the liberal and conservative tempers of men into rival camps of champions and opponents of the innovation, a sharp division between "Modernist" and "Fundamentalist" has taken place. The leading voices in the Presbyterian general assembly, upholding the existing order, strove to avoid the threatened cleavage in the church, and did not openly denounce...
...Munch, Danish delegate to the League, in announcing this step, merely avowed that armaments are useless to small nations, for they are allowed to use them only as the pawns of great powers. He argued that disputes between small nations must henceforth be settled by round table discussions or by arbitration between the backers of the midget countries. If not, their Lilliputian quarrels will again serve as pretexts for gigantic struggles whose real sources lie deep in the persistent rivalries of the great powers...
Prevention of crime rather than cure of criminals should be the aim of public guardians of peace and order. The clinics which have been established in connection with police courts in many of the more progressive cities are a promising first step. But before even such a step can be generally taken public opinion must discard the notions which have survived since the days of prison ships and quarry dungeons...
...also stated that the Association did not intend to erect a broadcasting set of its own on top of the Stadium. Rumors to that effect have been current in the University, but Major F. W. Moore last night dubbed these rumors groundless. "The H. A. A. contemplates no such step," he said, "at least not for some time to come...