Word: embarked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...called Dr. Bidwell as it called Professor Taussig of the University; a British committee of information has asked for the services of Professor Canby, who will represent American interests in the work to be performed; the City War Bureau has summoned Professor Tracy; and Dr. Garver will soon embark for France, where he will act as interpreter with the American Expeditionary Force. Other resignations were also accepted by the Yale Corporation...
...medical unit composed almost entirely of surgeons and physicians who are alumni of the University has been called to the colors and will probably embark for France within a few days. This relief organization has been recruited under the auspices of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and is officially known as Base Hospital...
...service in its light. President Wilson proposes essentially that the United States be ready to join with the other nations in guaranteeing, among other things, that the world at large be secured against aggression. The question is, can we, in good faith, propose this, and at the same women embark on an entirely new policy of universal service. This obviously looks toward a great increase in our military strength, and the obvious query is, what is it for? We say, and sincerely believe, it is for defense only; but will this be accepted by other nations? Diplomatic authorities tell...
Seniors, the big day is almost at hand. On Wednesday the Senior Picnic, the most-longed-for event of the would-be graduate's career, will take place on Mystery Island, which is all that the name implies. At 8 o'clock hundreds of sportive diploma-chasers will embark on the perilous trip to Marine Wharf, via the surface cars. Two steamers will be provided to transport the unruly mob to the island, and the race which these ocean greyhounds will put up will be worth going miles...
...under the general head of market distribution is the retail business. Each year many inexperienced men become retailers, and each year many in experienced men become retailers, and each year thousands of these retailers fail. The business of store-keeping is so commonplace that people do not hesitate to embark in it and they are highly surprised if they fail. "To sell a pound of nails or a package of coffee," says Mr. Copeland, "appears so simple that the problems of buying, selling, stock-handling, accounting and managing are over-looked. The general public, on its side, shows its ignorance...