Word: bismarck
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unbalanced school teachers to bring about an international settlement whose importance and difficulty will surpass the problems that faced the Congress of Vienna-that Henry Ford received thirty-two votes on the first ballot for Republican nominee is a national joke (or disgrace) that should not pass without comment. Bismarck and Moltke must roll over in their graves, and Joffre and Sir Edward Gray turn to the American news for amusing relaxation from the colossal problems of "civilization's fight for self-preservation." M. F. TALBOT...
...were named last night: assistant stage managers: Parker Kingsley Ellis '18, of Cambridge; Richard Arnold May '18, of Groton; and Fairfield Eager Raymond '18, of Boston; property manager, Charles Blum, Jr., '18, of New York; costume manager, James Reed Warren '17, of Cambridge; electrician, Lester Goodwin Budlong '17, of Bismarck, N. D.; assistant electrician, Samuel Winthrop Dean '19, of Lexington; ticket manager, Thomas Holden White '17, of Cleveland, O.; advertising manager, Walter Wright Webster '17, of Syracuse, N. Y.; assistant business manager, Russell Thurston Fry '17, of Claremont, N. H.; assistant ticket manager, Leslie Price Jacobs '17, of Laramie...
...Hill reviewed the chief incidents leading up to the present war, and pointed out the difference between the results then and in 1878. Then, Bismarck, through the Congress of Berlin, prevented a general European struggle. But last summer, despite the protestations for peace of all the nations involved, arbitration was ignorred in the simplest form of dispute, that of minor importance between two countries...
Professor A. B. Hart '80 was the next speaker. Under the head of "Bismarck as a Commonwealth Builder," he spoke of the latter's main purpose, that of converting the many German states into one central unified whole. Three reasons may be given for the ultimate success of this greatest of nineteenth century diplomats in this stupendous undertaking: first, the class to which Bismarck belonged was such that if once convinced of the usefulness of a project, it would pursue it to the end; second, Bismarck himself had a glorious vision of what could be accomplished; third, Bismarck's remarkable...
...clock to celebrate the 209th anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom of Prussia and the 49th anniversary of the founding of the/German Empire. Professor Eduard Meyer, the German exchange professor, will speak on "The Significance of the Day," Professor A. B. Hart '80 will speak on "Bismarck as a Commonwealth Builder," and Professor Kuno Francke, Professor W. B. Munro, and Major Bigelow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak informally. This meeting is open to members of the Verein and friends brought by them...