Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...possibility of complete triangular competition now lacks only the action of the track authorities. The football and hockey schedules have for several years recognized Yale and Princeton as the vital opponents. The institution of a three game series with Princeton last spring added baseball to the list of triangular sports. Outside of athletics the annual debate and the dual musical clubs concerts--though the latter are not competitive--give further evidence of the power which "the triangular idea" has attained in less than a decade of development...
...military reform, which should be forced upon Congress by a widespread sentiment. This investigation and knowledge has been denied to the people by the leaders of the party in power; and it is deplorable that there should be an attempt to deceive the people in a matter of such vital importance...
...that we trust ourselves to do always the right thing? No, indeed; moreover, our national desire to back righteousness varies inversely as our military power to do that which is good for us! Proof: Germany. Diplomatic history shows that the United States breaks its agreements when "essential to our vital interests." The only effective way of fighting the evils in the world is no longer quixotically to "teach a lesson" to other nations' evildoers, but to turn our attention to the organized viciousness of all kinds which we, in common with those other nations, have in our midst...
...defend himself and the system under which he works. It is doubtful if any undergraduate can be found who, if complacent in regard to his own spiritual and intellectual condition, is satisfied with that of his fellows. Many students are not only inefficient in their studying, but lack any vital interest in the subjects which are intrinsically the most interesting in life...
...Society, however, will best serve its purpose, if besides giving training to the men interested in making the class or Freshman team, it will adopt a plan that will attract men who are not primarily interested in the debating as such, but who are interested in the vital national and international questions of the hour. It can do this best by choosing its subjects among these problems and by laying stress upon general discussion of them in a manner which requires previous thought and preparation...