Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clearly evident that the College authorities cannot make the many arrangements with the War Department in a day or a week, but we strongly urge that they do all in their power to obtain the immediate establishment of a training camp at the University. If the War Department fails at first to see the advisability of forming a school here, the greatest pressure ought to be used to convince it that most efficient results can be obtained with the training school established on the spot. Until this is brought about we can only wait and bend every personal effort towards...
Just as the individual never wants to remain inactive and useless when his country is at war, so we as a nation cannot cowardly stand aloof and lend our moral support. We are all citizens of the United States, and we are proud of our country. Let us resolve to make other nations admire this country at war even as they have always admired us at peace...
...with subtly adapted tone-qualities and suggestions of emotional depth that have come to expect from the best choral societies and professional choruses. Such flexibility and sympathy bespeak a mature view of life in general and familiarity with a large musical repertory in particular, which even fairly earnest students cannot usually attain in their late teens or early twenties...
...this student chorus suffers in comparison with adult choruses only in qualities which cannot possibly be a fair basis of comparison between students and adults; while in several qualities, such as accuracy of pitch, time and shading, it considerably surpasses many adult choruses...
...Harvard Endowment Fund Committee points out that among the chief reasons that the University, with capital and invested funds of over $30,000,000, cannot increase the salaries of its teachers and professors, is that the money was originally given for special purposes and therefore cannot be used for salaries. Of the annual income from the $30,000,000 capital, only $425,000 is available to meet the College salary and expense item of $1,020,000. Of course the discrepancy is made up from tuition fees and other income, but this goes to show that the University...