Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...legions of the Roman Empire, the proudest words a man could utter were: "I am a citizen of Rome." A century ago, when the world was girdled by the British Empire, the Englishman's voice sounded from the earth's far corners: "I am a British subject." Now, in the middle of the 20th Century, the most arresting tones of history said something else: "I am an American...
What did the phrase mean? The U.S. citizen would vociferously deny that he was the subject of any government-even in name. His government belonged to him; what his nation did, it did only with his consent and by his will. He was least of all a spokesman of imperialism. But when thousands of U.S. school children celebrated "I Am an American Day" each spring, they spoke for the greatest power on earth...
Some Council members have expressed doubts about the practicability of mixing 'Cliffe women, who work under an honor system, with proctored Harvard blue book writers. Main reason behind referring the subject to Radcliffe was that the female contingent might feel hampered under such conditions...
Lack of participation in College activities and a "general lack of school spirit" will be the subject of an extensive report that a third sub-committee has scheduled for next fall...
...some cases unhappy about this. But Dean Kerby-Miller feels that this loss has been compensated for by the fact that the girls have had to learn to study in a different fashion--to organize their work over a longer period of time and a greater range of subject matter...