Word: americanization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Murdock, the new director, is a banker, book collector, and historian. He is the author of "The Reconstruction of Europe," "Earl Percy's Dinner Table," and a historical sketch of the great Boston fire. In addition he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a former president of the Club of Odd Volumes. In recognition of his distinction as a book collector, he received an Honorary Degree as Master of Arts from the University in 1916. He will begin his new work in January...
...Russia work out her own destiny," said Professor Felix Frankfurter '06, head of the Citizen's Committee recently organized in Boston to support the withdrawal of all American troops from Russia, in an interview yesterday. "England and France have withdrawn their soldiers from Russia, leaving only a small force of Americans impotently struggling against all the Bolshevist hordes. We also should make peace with Russia," he continued...
Finally when he was asked if he advocated this policy of non-interference for the sake of the American soldiers in Russia or for the sake of the Russians, Professor Frankfurter answered: "For the sake of the Russian people. The only way that they can win their way back to a sane and normal condition is by being freed from the influence of all external forces...
...evening at 8 o'clock to consider the question, "Make Peace with Russia." Other speakers will be Wilfred Humphries, who has recently returned after a year in Russia and Siberia with the Red Cross and Committee on Public Information; Professor Samuel E. Morrison '08, who was attached to the American Peace Commission; the Reverend Sydney B. Snow '00 of King's Chapel, and Colonel Raymond Robins...
...entirely mistaken notion that the Czecho-Slovaks are an uncultured and barbarian race. As a matter of fact illiteracy is practically unknown in my country, and the American Commissioner of Immigration at Washington in his official bulletin states that of all the races entering this country the Czecho-Slovaks have the lowest percentage of illiteracy...