Word: us
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gratifying it is to see the noble ideas of the W. C. T. U. and of its ardent followers set forth in print for the promotion of their ideals and for the progress of the world! Gradually we have become enlightened concerning the evils which have held us in their yoke and which have surely brought us to the brink of ruin and destruction, while civilization and progress have been unknown. Indeed, it is high time to stay our backward course, and, by suppressing evils, start the world forward...
...task is great, and well worth the efforts of out idealists, for the evils which surround us as many, and we are yet conscious of but few of them...
...deteriorates the nation. One by one will the products of the earth be blacklisted, since evil is evidently the essence of all things; and oh what happiness when men shall be delivered from the universe! What glory then for out pessimists, who alone can bring about reforms! They lead us wisely, for they see clearly that if men be allowed to retain their personal liberty to make use of, or to abstain from, alcohol, nicotine, and other curses from Heaven, they shall never come to perfection, but shall continue to retrogress and to die as in the past...
...serious; no one drinks nor even desires a drink, for all realize now what a fearful poison alcohol is, and without exception the nation rejoices in the profound conviction that wine is neither a food nor an excellent beverage, that the pleasant hours and the comradeship which it gave us were but hallucinations...
...good leadership. That was lacking on Saturday. But the leaders were at a disadvantage in having the cheering forces scattered through the entire stand and mingled with an audience who were there to see and not to cheer. A few Brown rooters in a compact mass completely out-did us. By reserving Section 32 behind the band for University men until the game begins the H. A. A. could avoid the scattered cheering of Saturday. But that is not enough. When the University singing is so weak it cannot be heard above the band on the other side...