Word: callings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...figure of fifty-five men is larger than that of the first meeting of the last Freshman squad, 1921, when only twenty-eight men reported at the first call, but is considerably smaller than the squad of seventy-eight which reported for the first year eleven in the fall of 1916, the last regular football year...
...Naval Militia of Massachusetts has sent out a call for Naval Reserve Force men, on inactive status, and exnaval militia men. The period of enlistment is one year. Those who are interested may apply at the recruiting office, 97 Huntington avenue, any day after 9 A. M. or in the evening. The call was issued by Captain W. B. Edgar, commanding officer of the Naval Battalion...
...result of the Boston Police Force's ballot of 1,134 to 2 in favor of a sympathetic strike to take effect on September 9, a call was almost immediately sent out to the citizens of the Commonwealth to aid in the protection of the city in the event of possible rioting or disorder. In the case of the University, this summons was made known to the college authorities through Louis A. Frothingham '93, representing the volunteer police force, who inquired what the College could do to meet the situation...
...service the University desires in a time of crisis to help in any way that it can to maintain order and support the laws of the Commonwealth. I therefore urge all students who can do so to prepare themselves for such service as the Governor of the Commonwealth may call upon them to render." The President also gave out a later statement emphasizing the fact that "these volunteers are reporting simply as citizens of the Commonwealth in response to a call from the governor" and not as strike-breakers...
...demonstration of notable public spirit, for example, in the action of the President, the Faculty and the students of Harvard University, who have come forward instantly to offer their services toward the preservation of peace and the defence of public order in the city of Boston. President Lowell's call to Harvard men to maintain the University's traditions of public service and put themselves at the disposition of the governor for such duty as he chose to assign to them was prompt and earnest and it has been earnestly and promptly answered. The same spirit which led thousands...