Word: symbolizes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which they have been exerting on life at the University of North Carolina. It is written with a verve that betokens real interest. Its 14 pages remain somewhat amorphous despite the bright titles which have been assigned to numerous department headings, but it is none the less a remarkable symbol of a new collegiate expressiveness, is thoroughly readable, and provides much instruction concerning the undergraduates' point of view both within the lines and between them...
...salute in the army--and this is true of all armies except the army that ran away before the Germans in Russia recently--is a symbol of the discipline without which an army is an ungovernable mob which a handful of real soldiers can put to rout. The young ignoramus who writes from Camp asks, "Why should an American citizen humble himself to every stripe or collar mark that indicates a grade higher in the service than himself?" The answer is that he does not humble himself. The salute is a mark of respect not given to the individual...
...Masque of Caliban is centered around the "Caliban" of Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest," who is made the symbol of struggling humanity, saved at last through the transforming power of the good and beautiful. The "Yellow Sands" in the masque represent the world of man's effort and aspiration...
...manufacturer who stamped that flag upon his napkins held willingly in contempt the symbol of the nation's greatness. He turned to a cheap and personal use that ideal which may never be cheap nor personal...
...cause we must be conscious of the traditions of the flag, of the battles of the Revolution and the Civil War, which made the United States "safe" until today, "for democracy." We must look up to the flag once more as the standard of our forefathers, as the symbol of the ideals which we, as a democratic nation, stand ready to defend...