Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor Labarca has been detailed to this country by the Chilean Government to study courses in commercial education that are given in the United States. His lecture, which will be illustrated, will consider the foreign and domestic relations of Chile and her position in the present crisis...
Harvard's attitude towards pacifism and unpatriotic propaganda is unmistakable. The members of the Faculty, in a memorial to President Wilson bearing over two hundred signatures, have placed the University officially on record as favoring a firm foreign policy and the maintenance of our national principles and international rights. The activities of the R. O. T. C., the Naval Reserve, and the Flying Corps, and the large majority of votes in favor of some form of compulsory military training show clearly that the undergraduate body supports military preparation...
...various Chilean cities and industries. Professor Labarca has served on several government boards in his country, so he is thoroughly in touch with all that is going on. He has written several works on economic conditions in Chile, notably about the nitrate industry. The lecture will take up Chilean foreign relations, especially to the United States. The ABC negotiations will be reviewed. Chile has a large German population, and her position in the present crisis will be thoroughly gone into by Professor Labarca. The lecture is open to members of the University...
...ahead of them: to cope with commercial conditions which have not been paralleled in the history of the world. They will have the heavy responsibility of advising Congress not only in war times, but in the great reconstruction period afterwards, in adjusting our national tariff, dealing with the new foreign tariffs, and framing new treaties for the expansion of trade. In addition to keenness of judgment and a broad range of experience, they must possess unfailing resourcefulness in tackling situations which will have no precedent...
...period of service is four years in length, with only three months during that time to be devoted to active duty. Resignations will be accepted by the Navy Department except during the periods of strained foreign relations or actual war. Classes are being held at the Navy Yard at Charlestown for members of the Naval Reserve, and although men are needed all the time, the work of preparedness is going on rapidly. A special course on gasoline motors is also being given for men interested in the service...