Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...upon which men may draw for their necessary units allied to the military work. In permitting the training to replace the usual requirements for distribution throughout the four years of college, the Faculty has taken a radical step in furthering the interests of military work at Harvard. Men may gain experience and knowledge in the duties of an artillery officer that may some day, in spite of all the efforts of nations to the contrary, be of the utmost value in a crisis such as that of April 1917; and still find it unnecessary to sacrifice the great advantage...
Shades of William Jennings Bryan! The "cross of gold" speech hardly exceeds these words in eloquence. Yet we fear that in spite of all this flowery criticism the Union Against Militarism will gain few members here. Dean Goodnight may wave his arms in angry denunciation or bow before us with platitudinous pleadings, yet the plans for the furtherance of military training at Harvard will continue to receive their present well-deserved support...
...student will but use this opportunity judiciously he may gain inestimable advantage from intimate contact with the high calibre men of the Faculty. Instead of waiting till a few hours before the study cards are due, and then hastily obtaining an adviser's signature, it would be much more profitable to see the adviser personally during less busy parts of the year. When the professors or their assistants are but asked they are more than willing to give advice and to aid any undergraduate...
...Because of the moral and physical benefits which our young men would gain from universal military service, I heartily favor its immediate adoption in this country. I beleve that the Field Artillery Unit at Harvard next year will be a big advance toward universal military service, and I approve of extending it to include other branches of the service, especially the Infantry...
Germany has much to gain by softening the hearts of the people of the United States; she has much to gain by sowing discord among the Associated Powers. Her system of agents and propagandists--with the exception of a certain number who have been taken into custody during the war is as complete as ever; the controlling force is acting under a new name, but that is almost the-only-difference. No effort and no outlay of money is being spared to mould opinion in America to a favorable view of Germany's plight. Nothing is overlooked that might create...