Word: vitalize
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...exceptional class that makes the most of its first dinner. There is a splendid chance here for something more than the casual speeches by a few chosen men of the class and it is to be hoped that the speakers tonight will be inspired to present something more vital to the interests of the class than a few worn-out stories. Moreover, the disgraceful disorder of the dinners of not so very many years ago is no longer considered essential to these functions; rather, a cheapening of the good name of the University...
...political responsibility. In England we have a certain class who make it their business to be responsible. There is no class similar to this in America, and it is rightly so, for it is not too much to ask ordinary citizens to receive this responsibility and to take a vital interest in the welfare of the community. If a man cannot take active interest, it is his duty to see that good men go to the legislature and that the best type of man leads the politics of the community. If this force is trained to work in the right...
Today and tomorrow the Juniors and Sophomores will elect their respective officers. In both cases such an occasion is one of vital importance, but the Juniors need to use even more circumspection than the Sophomores, for their officers will represent them through a considerable portion of the Senior year...
This evening the Senior class holds one of the most important meetings of its existence as a class. Arrangements are to be made for nominating the officers who will represent the class, not only during this year, but, in some cases, through its future history. A realization of the vital importance of this meeting should be sufficient to bring out every member of the class who is capable of forming an opinion on such matters, for a large and representative gathering alone can justly express the will of the whole class...
...tide of immigrants, who congregate in our large cities and who, by their socialistic tendencies, constitute a menace to or established form of government. We should welcome this opportunity to get at first hand the views of one whose life has been devoted to the solution of these very vital problems, and to the amelioration of the condition of the "other half...