Word: closer
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William Henry Schofield, Ph.D. '93, Professor of Comparative Literature, has been elected president of the American Scandinavian Foundation, formed five years ago by Niels Poulson, a wealthy Dane of New York, with a large endowment to encourage closer intellectual relationship between America and Scandinavia. It has the patronage of the kings of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and has advisory committees of influential men in each of these countries. Professor Schofield has long been prominent in international relations, having served as exchange professor at Berlin, the Sorbonne and the University of Copenhagen...
...reorganization of the Dean's Office immediately following the resignation of Dean Hurlbut, is in conformance with a general policy of creating a closer personal connection between the students and the officers of the University. Another important step towards the substitution of personal contact and influence in place of authority, is the exchange of College House for Randolph Hall. President Lowell expresses the hope that this is but the beginning of a larger movement having for its end the housing of all students in buildings owned by the University...
...Chicago, ill., where he will lunch with the Harvard Club. In the evening he will attend a dinner at the Congress Hotel to which 76 leaders of industry, commerce and finance have been invited "to consider a program for a permanent league of nations to become effective at the closer of the present war." He will be the principle speaker and will talk about the work of the League to Enforce Peace...
...with justice that her service to the cause of national preparedness and the Plattsburg camps, and to the cause of humanity in the ambulance service of France is unsurpassed. Our lead in graduates who have offered their services to the warring powers is natural because no other university has closer ties of friendship with Europe...
...England and Middle Atlantic states returned a Republican plurality with the exception of Maryland. Farther in the West, however, the voting was closer, with Wilson a slight favorite, although he did not secure as many votes in those states as he was expected...