Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gregarious creatures, they should not,--like sheep,--move under the simple impulse of the mass. Man has the ability to think for himself, to weigh reasons, to forecast in some degree the future, and to reflect upon the consequences of his acts. In times like these it is of vital import that his responsibility for his individual opinions should be relentlessly asserted...
...What is a fair wage, and what the content of a fair day's work, were, perhaps, the most vital subjects for dispute. These are many times left to some crude method of bargaining, where the solution is more a matter of erratic opinion than fact, or merely the result of blustering intimidation. Therefore, immediately our plan of representation was adopted, we set out, through the General Committee, to determine a sound and fair basis of wage. This committee drew up a scale of rates for hourly workers, and a list of basic rates for piece-workers, consistent with...
...change in coaches has been generally expected by those in close touch with Yale rowing, ever since the Yale-Cornell race. Far-reaching and very vital changes in the system are expected to result from the appointment of Mr. Corderry, changes both in the type of rowing and in the rigging of the Yale shells. Many considered it a step backward, for instance, when Mr. Nickalls reintroduced the thole-pin in the outriggers in place of the lock now in universal use in this country; his insistence on the flat slide has also been criticised...
...collection of those strange vital symbolic stories which man invents in his progress toward civilization legends "which nobody has written and everybody has written...
...order to give the men as broad as experience as possible; it will include teaching small classes at Bible School, supervision of clubs and playgrounds, and assistance in family visitation. In these and other ways the members of the course will be given an excellent opportunity to study such vital social problems as the congestion of population and concentration of racial groups...