Word: aids
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard hospital units, Harvard ambulances, Harvard surgeons and physicians, Harvard helpers are at work on the battlefields of the unending fighting line, at the bases, in the hamlets, villages, towns and cities. From all these points come insistent calls for aid. Money is urgently needed, and the various funds are often unable to meet the demands as promptly as is required...
...Financial aid is continually wanted for special purposes, and while such aid can often be obtained from the United States, it is not in season to meet the immediate need. An easily accessible fund in London will fill the gap. The Harvard Club of London therefore appeals to all graduates and undergraduates to aid its effort, fully confident that not only will their response be generous, but also immediate. Quickness of response is the most pressing necessity of this call...
...Press was "inaugurated primarily for the publication of books of a high standard, and aims to aid in the advancement of knowledge by making possible the wide distribution of the work of the foremost scholars of the world. It aims to help in promptly disseminating the results of original research and investigation by printing a number of serial publications. It does not plan, however, to compete with the commercial publisher, since its chief function is the issuing of books that would not be commercially profitable." All books published must receive the endorsement of the syndics of the Press, a body...
...planning to establish a war relief fund in London to be drawn upon as emergency requires, the Harvard Club of London is making a wise and clear-sighted move. The horror and devastation of war falls suddenly upon a community and much suffering can be avoided if aid can be rushed to the scene immediately. When an appeal has to be sent out across the ocean or even to nearer countries, valuable time is necessarily lost in gathering together the resources...
Many different relief departments are constantly asking for aid which it is impossible to give promptly. Consequently the originators of the scheme for a base fund hope for an immediate as well as a generous response to their appeal...