Word: thought
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...abandoning its opportunity to serve the public in the largest measure. In the second place, not only must such a school from the very nature of the case be numerically insignificant, but it seems to be based upon an erroneous pedagogical principle. President Eliot, by pulling up, as he thought, the American college, to a higher or university level, advanced the age of graduation to about twenty-two, and at the same time made the attainment of the college degree a prerequisite to professional or research work. The college thus came to occupy the contradictory position of a university...
...freely thought that in case Colonel Roosevelt be defeated there will be another break such as occurred in 1912, and the "Old Guard" Republicans are spending much time in uneasy speculation as to whether or not Justice Hughes may prove acceptable to the Progressives...
...morning session, great pleas were made for party harmony, and for decisive action. Chauncy Depew held up the present Democratic administration as an excellent example of a shifting, vacillating policy, and called upon the delegates to vote with the thought ever present in mind that the country does, and will need badly "the guidance of a firm hand...
Professor Nielson characterized as disastrous for the spiritual life of Europe the fact that at the outbreak of the war the leaders of thought abdicated their thrones, surrendered their intellectual independence and led the way for a general capitulation before the forces of national prejudice and hatred...
...baseball game which was to be played between Yale and Tufts at New Haven yesterday afternoon was called off because of rain. The postponement of this game was a disappointment to many baseball fans, as it was thought that the showing of the Yale team against Tufts would give some idea as to Yale's chances in the series with the University. Tufts has an exceptionally strong team this year. Because of the late date in the season it may be impossible to hold the game...