Word: symbols
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...suffer. We have seen our coasts bombarded and invaded by all her powerful past enemies, England, Holland, France and our country we never allowed to fall under their heels. We welcomed the American flag in 1898 because we believed it, and still believe it, to be a symbol of democracy and justice. It was conceived in that spirit. We want Americans to know the facts of our situation that they may be true to themselves and find a just solution for our relations. But so far as this war is concerned, there is no division among us, we detest German...
...literary works or whether it was dashed off for the occasion, in which case it would be discourteous to criticize it. Mr. Maxim takes the patriotic eagle severely to task for having ceased to scream. With all respect we would suggest that a screaming eagle is not a happy symbol for any nation, that what our patriotism suffers from more than anything else is a super-abundance of screaming, and that perhaps when we have ceased to scream we shall begin...
...long pilgrimage which the class of 1918 is about to complete from the commodius palaces on the Charles to the historic piles of the Yard is an appropriate symbol of the progress of the class itself through College. Three years ago the Freshman dormitories were a novel experiment, as new and untried as the men who then occupied them for the first time. These dignified and seasoned Juniors, already pressing close on the heels of the retiring class of 1917, are now about to follow the well-established precedent of choosing homes for themselves in the Yard. Housed beneath...
...thought that they can bring to bear upon the choice offered to them. Four years ago they were on the threshold of their majority. Today they have crossed it. Four years ago their interest in politics was academic. Today it is practical. Four years ago the ballot was a symbol. Today it is a weapon for good or ill. Fortunately for the destiny of the nation, youth is idealistic. Its eyes are on the future. It is living in today and tomorrow, not yesterday. Its vision is clear and its heart sound. It is safe to predict that...
...studies. But he does this because his homelly latent philosophy is essentially a sporting philosophy, the good old Anglo-Saxon conviction that life is essentially a game whose significance lies in terms of winning or losing. The passion of the American undergraduate for intercollegiate athletics is merely a symbol of a general interpretation for all the activities that come to his attention. If he is interested in politics, it is in election campaigns. In the contests of parties and personalities. His parades and cheering are the encouragement of a racer of the goal. After election, his enthusiasm collapses. His spiritual...