Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...actions of three public spirited citizens and of Governor Ely both deserve to be singled out for commendation from the whirl of a typical communistic demonstration followed by customary police procedure. It is impossible to pass fair judgment on the question of violent propaganda; agitation undoubtedly keeps the vital question of the oppression of the masses in the public eye. But when agitators, in the business of keeping these causes alive, parade their troubles in such a way as to constitute a public nuisance, forceful methods of restoring order out of riot seem justifiable...
...seemed to be clinging to his office by the tips of his long sensitive fingers. Another vote last week enabled him to scramble back to at least an elbow-hold on the Prime Ministry. Scot MacDonald dodged resigning fortnight ago because his defeat in Parliament "did not concern a vital issue." Conservatives, thirsting for his blood, vowed that they would defeat him on a vital issue, namely the Trades Union Disputes Bill...
Doubtless this plan seems attractive enough to students harassed by the absurdities of compulsory class attendance, irrelevant examination questions, and low-voltage lectures. But to visualize it as an easy scheme of collegiate existence is to make a most vital mistake. Students in our own department of Social Institutions will declare that the freedom of scope which their individual projects allow them, that the sense of achievement which they hope to acquire from reaching conclusions through their own industry instead of memorizing the erudition of others, and the independence of mind and method which may come to be theirs...
Scot MacDonald cleared his dry throat. "Really, I am rather surprised," he said, "but since no vital principle was involved [in the vote] the Government will proceed" (i. e. would not resign...
...burning question of extra-curricular activities. The upshot of the discussion was that this phase of the college program demands constant adaptation to the great world of life outside the cameos, so that those activities duplicating communal institutions, such as, the press, art, and music, prevail over the non-vital projects found all too often in the academic sphere...