Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There were many Southerners in Harvard at the time of the Civil War. How many objected to the building of Memorial Hall? Few are the men in any civilized land who object to honors paid the dead, whatever cause they die for. The British gave a military funeral to the crews of fallen Zeppelins. There is true tolerance...
Memorial Hall stands today at Harvard in tribute to all those connected with the University who served in the American Civil War. Tablets and memorial windows especially perpetuate the names of those who lost their lives in service. A similar scheme, it seems proper, should be worked out for the commemoration of those who felt the call equally strong to go forth to battle for and to assist in the cause which had their devotion in the present war. The place suggested for the new memorial is Soldiers Field, and there it seems indeed fitting that the statue or other...
...science of students in 16 of the country's leading universities was given by the War department to the exetuive officers of the institutions, at the conference between them and War Department officials at Washington. The conference was a general informal discussion of the law authorising army training in civil institutions, and of ways and means for putting it into effect...
...memory, and no more fitting spot to place it could be found than Soldiers Field, because I am sure the donor of the field would feel that it was a fitting place for a memorial to a man who was worthy to rank with his own friends of the Civil...
Engineers in the Massachusetts institute of Technology can now combine their professional studies with courses in practical business administration. The special work of the seniors is widened to include business law, cost accounting, business management and taxation. These courses are given in three sections for the benefit of civil, mechanical and electrical, and chemical engineers...