Word: uproots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there is a great degree of truth in Dr. Bell's statement as to the incompetency of the small college in getting adequate teachers. It it is not possible to uproot their physical plants and transfer them to the larger universities, it still remains possible to form a closer connection between the two types by exchanging professors and giving the larger institutions a guiding influence in the administration of the smaller colleges...
...only cases where a pledge to "obey law" will accomplish its purpose will be among those who are willing to cooperate in all particulars with the spirit of the faculty's policy. Until the mass of student opinion conforms with his last category, no authoritative pressure can successfully uproot drinking in college, and the fact that a pledge is considered necessary is witness that such is not the case at present. College authorities may point the way, but only united student action can solve undergraduate problems. It remains to be seen what action the students of Williams will take...
...proceeded to wax very friendly. Presently, the Lieutenant felt constrained to sing of the charms peculiar to a certain lady from Armentieres, wherenon I retaliated with a spirited, I say advisedly, rendering of "Sweet Adeline." Then in semiunison we sang "Madelon" and other songs, while shrinking camels tried to uproot picket pins and the natives applauded deliriously. Oh, it was a splendid party and a good time...
...Corruption has gone too far; it seems to have fastened a vise-like grip on the government. Yet no one really takes any definite steps to uproot this evil. The public is apathetic. They have the idea firmly imbedded in their minds that the United States is too rich to feel the effects of losses due to corruption. They can well afford it. To regain the money paid out in taxes seems to be of more importance to the people than the remedy of this thoroughly rotten condition...
...much shaking of heads by educational leaders whose eyes are fixed upon European models. They ignore the fact that without these undergraduate bodies the moral and financial strength of the university would not exist, and even the tremendous pressure that great educational foundations can bring to bear will never uproot this truly American feature...