Word: assistance
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...assist in bringing desirable students to Harvard,"--this, according to the Register, is one of the main purposes of the Federation of Territorial Clubs. And the Register also shows that the Federation still has officers...
...otherwise might go to other universities met with a favorable reception by directors of the association at their quarterly meeting in Philadelphia. Cornell is not so heavily endowed as some of the older universities, it was said, and it was recognized that unless the alumni were willing to assist it would be impossible to keep some of the most valuable professors much longer...
There is no doubt that the need of greater preparedness is felt throughout the country and that college men, a majority of them, favor the movement. The question becomes, Shall our universities, especially Harvard, assist in training men who shall be fit to lead in case of war? The Alumni Bulletin, although vague in its expression, seems to feel that the University should confine itself to breeding "in their students those highest qualities of citizenship which lead quickly to the making of good soldiers, rather than to undertake actual military instruction...
...Harvard, on behalf of the field service of the American Ambulance in France. We have, at present, considerably more than 100 motor ambulances given and driven by Americans, who love and admire France, and who want, in this way, to express their friendship for France and to assist in preserving for the world the lives and genius of her people. These cars are grouped in sections of 20 or 30 each, which are officially attached to the several French armies and are in service at the front. The drivers of these cars are volunteers, for the most part graduates...
This plan proposes to adopt a form of city government similar to that of the city of Boston. The mayor will have full control, and power to appoint all officers and city commissioners. To assist him a board composed of 15 aldermen at large will be elected, though their function will be chiefly advisory...