Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have read the editorial entitled "The Vital Point" in this morning's issue of your paper and I wish to say that I am quite out of sympathy with your attitude expressed therein...
...influence of an entirely novel social point of view. This, coupled with the high, if vague idealism of early manhood, is something which not even inadequate methods and weak sentimentalism can wholly cheapen. That the preservation of this idealism to the student's later life is a matter of vital importance to the community is unquestioned; that by means of an efficient system it may be transformed into immediate effective service to the objects of his benevolence is quite as true...
...doubt he saw the hostility of the Senate to the measure; accord- ingly, he suggested−since it was a case affecting the vital interests of the country and demanding careful deliberation−that discussion of the Bill be indefinitely delayed. The Senators readily agreed−a remarkable victory for the Premier, as they had seemed certain to defeat the measure...
...vital problem of transition between school and college still bulks large. Despite occasional flashes in the plan of reform, no vigorous constructive action has ameliorated the present crying need. Now is the time to hew out some new policy with which to deal with the inrush of next fall's Freshmen who may otherwise receive the usual laissez faire reception...
...Opposition seized upon a vital point, hammered it with much vigor. Some of the Games would be held on Sunday. The Calvinists held up their hands in horror, ejaculated: "How terrible!" They would support no bill that would thus desecrate the Sabbath...