Word: young
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Chevalier believes-that it is of the utmost importance to young Americans to realize that this country cannot hold aloof from its share in the great questions of the world. In his opinion the best way in which to acquire this international idea is by travel and abode in foreign countries. There are too many Harvard men settled in Boston and New England; "should one toss a biscuit into the crowd on a Boston street, the chances are almost even that it will strike a Harvard man." All these men are not needed here and should not be concentrated...
...thing that was such a welcome portent of unfailing national generosity and vision and spirituality was the thing that this most excellent book describes, namely the going abroad of all these young Americans. It was looking far beyond personal interest to that world sympathy which must be the basis of all internationalism as it is of all democracy. It was, of course, utter fearlessness. It was of what Mr. Andrew speaks in his "introduction," the longing to have some share with the people of France in defending the ideals for which, as these feel, America has always stood...
...members of the 1919 Red Book Board will dine at Young's Hotel on Saturday, December 2. After the dinner, the board will attend the performance of "Sybil" at the Colonial Theatre. All expenses will be paid by the management...
...become a fashion amounting to almost an obsession for a great many Americans, especially those who are young, educated and have sojourned abroad, to deplore the lack of ideals, the "crass materialism," of their native land. The younger they are, the more educated they are, the longer they have sojourned abroad, in so much greater measure is their contempt voiced, till it has become almost the mark of culture and broad-mindedness to hold in contempt the nation's money, lust, and laud to the point of idolization the noble principles and the high ideals of Europe. It is always...
...openly defied all dramatic fundamentals, for there is an incoherence which runs through the piece that even a prejudiced audience is not able to overlook. Had the work been done by novices, we might be more charitable in passing judgment, but such veterans as Victor Leon and Rida Johnson Young will certainly not enhance their reputation by such workmanship as this...