Word: east
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yesterday afternoon the old elm just east of Harvard Hall was pulled down. The tree was estimated by experts to be about 75 years old. It measured three feet in diameter and stood eighty feet high, being one of the largest and oldest in the Yard...
...International Polity Federation in Emerson D yesterday evening. His subject was "Some Roads Towards Peace," the title of his report to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which recently sent him on a trip around the world to study the best means of the promotion of peace in the East. In introducing his subject, President Eliot dwelt upon the discouraging aspects of the last few years for the advocate of peace. He mentioned the many wars which have been taking place, and deduced from these the forces which still are active in causing wars, and those whose activity is dying...
This month sees the second anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Medical School in China. In these two years, the school has made remarkable progress and has filled a long-felt need in the Fall East...
...close of their college course, many men wait a year before entering a graduate school or a permanent profession. They spend this interval by teaching in some preparatory school or by travelling. If a man should accept a position in the Far East he would not only do the teaching he desired but he would also see that interesting portion of the world. He would return with a far broader mind and much more experience than the average teacher at his age, and he would be more cognizant of the world's affairs than the average globe trotter. This whole...
...doing a real service, not only to the foreigners but also to the American missions and institutions abroad. He is given the opportunity to see at first hand, and to understand the work Americans are doing in the Orient. In view of the rapid advancement and growth of the East, it is a rare chance to study closely the economic and political conditions of Japan and China, as well as of our own possessions. There is an additional attraction offered to medical students. In addition to regular teaching experience, very valuable training may be received in the various hospitals over...