Word: canada
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been the experience of England and Canada both at their universities and with their armies in the field that it is not desirable to cut out athletic sports however serious the situation. With a long period of preparation before us it is decidedly unnecessary and unwise to do so here. Even in the present unsettled condition there is no reason why we should put an end to those normal activities which we may with entire fitness continue...
...belief in statehood, put in a plank to that effect. The nationalists also received recognition, for the party pledged itself to independence under the protectorate of the United States, identical to the present status of Cuba; and, thirdly, it declared itself for home rule somewhat similar to that which Canada enjoys. It is clear that this platform is an expression of the most conflicting interests. However, the Unionist Party carried the people with it and controlled absolutely the branch of the Government responsible to the voters up to November, 1916. The consent of the governed has not been, until...
...experience of Canada was typical. During the opening months of the war all settlement houses were converted into relief work stations for the army, but at the end of six months they were advised that they could serve their nation far better by returning to their former work and helping in the solution of the wretched social conditions at home...
...each undergraduate will ransack his closet for old clothes, old magazines and text-books, and give them to the collector, then we will at least show that we have learned from Canada's experience...
...universities of both England and Canada, have been affected to a very great extent by the present war, according to statements received from those respective countries. In most cases the universities have been able to run with greatly reduced registration; some have had to stop altogether and some have had enough extra men, too young to enlist, to extent their registration almost to the same extent as it was before...