Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...possible for the bulk of our nation to gain first hand knowledge of other lands. Therefore, it is the duty of people of education to enlighten themselves sufficiently to be intelligent leaders. Many people have an unfortunate conception of England as the tyrants that fought us a hundred years ago, as a greedy race of commercial rivals, and as a cruel despotism that refuses to "free" India and Ireland...
...College Office, it was stated that no information was at hand concerning the body of students which sent the cablegram, but it is assumed that it is part of some large Greek patriotic society which is endeavoring to gain sympathy throughout the world for their aim of joining the islands to Greece...
...benefit from his fortnightly tutorial conferences, and until the middle of his Senior year looks upon them as an unpleasant and useless extra task to be hurried over and forgotten. Then, too late, he realizes his mistake and sees the connecting and comprehensive values his work has failed to gain...
...individual plants, and experiments in the deadening of sound on office floors are now being conducted under Mr. Stone. As there is no other institution in the country offering similar opportunities for intensive office training, the government is taking advantage of the school and is sending men here to gain the valuable experience found in actually operating all these machines. These men are given a six-weeks' course in "employment managing." At present, a large number of students from all parts of the country are taking this course in preparation for a business career...
...fact that there is some sort of an argument about the Saar Vallely and that Italy is not satisfied. A great number of Harvard men have never read the Covenant for the League of Nations and some never will. Although an absolutely ignorant person will be able to gain important knowledge from Mr. Taft's lecture, the benefit and enjoyment we derive from it will be proportioned to our knowledge. It will be to Harvard's credit if every undergraduate and member of the graduate schools will attend the lecture, with at least an elementary knowledge of the subject...