Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Within a very short time Harvard men are going to face one of the biggest problems of the reconstruction of their college life. The problem centres about the Harvard Union. There is unquestionably a need for the Union, such a Union as Harvard had ten years ago, but with even a larger scope and a more varied activity. How can the Union be restored to its rightful position...
...presence of the upperclassmen long before the door closes at five minutes after eight. So we want to whisper a word of friendly advice to the uninitiated. Seats and standing room are not only going to be at a premium, but they are going to be unobtainable for even moderately late arrivals...
Instead of thoughts of supporting the men after they are discharged, would it not be better to retain them in the army until industry can take care of them? Even though they are tired of military life is not the army preferable to the bread line? Finally, would it not be better for the men, physically and morally, for the Government to support them in the camps, under protected conditions until there was a need for them in the labor market rather than to turn them out, with or without money, to shift for, themselves? Some action must be taken...
...members of the club are returning to College slowly, and at present there are not enough experienced men to furnish the nucleus for a successful production. Most of the members who went overseas have not yet returned, but many of them will be back for the fall term. Even a greater obstacle than the lack of experienced men is the precarious financial outlook. A spring production would necessarily be coincident with the Victory Loan, and with the big war work organizations needing and campaigning for funds, the public would hardly be able to give the club the financial support...
...Harvard Unit," Captain Woodward explained, "was among the first to adopt the new 'primary suture' system of surgery; and to make it effective it was necessary to carry on even up at the front lines. This new system was not begun until last June; by it a wounded man is well in three weeks, instead of six months, and almost ninety percent of the operations are successful...