Word: supported
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Scouts of this vicinity for $60,000 is a novel contrast, No organization has been more patriotic or done more, in proportion to its opportunities, to aid in war work. And its request for funds to continue its work deserves to meet with the most substantial support from the public at large...
...venture farther into so uncertain a project. Among those pacifists who make it a point to quash every scheme of national defense which savors of compulsion or armament, whether or not such a course be in fact an expedient one, no proposal concerning military service will ever enjoy widespread support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant our hopes, it is a matter not only of national honor but of stern necessity, to maintain a trained fighting force as an instrument...
...training at the various depots throughout the country, a well ordered and thorough course in industrial education which shall afford to men of suitable capacity and inclination an opportunity for self-betterment and advancement. Some such system as that of Professor John Dewey of Columbia deserves co-operation and support at the hands of our legislators...
...those in a position to do so will make every effort to permit a short schedule, or possibly merely a game with Yale--if, of course, Yale is willing and able to afford the necessary opposition. In any event, judging by the present outlook, the sport will merit the support of the University...
...study cards is truly a serious one. For two years materialistic considerations have been uppermost in the minds of college men. The former appreciation of the value of the humanities in producing a well-rounded out view of life and men must be revived. Education is the support of a democracy, it is true; but it must be that education which not only informs us of the innumerable phenomena of science, but which gives to us, through an acquaintance of life and letters in the past, a comprehensive knowledge of the arts and nobler things of life. Unless this knowledge...