Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...best plan for them is to remain in the Harvard unit. When they are old enough to take a commission, they will have had three or more months of valuable training. This will enable them to become officers with a short additional term of instruction, or they will gain the maximum rank by attending the next series of Federal camps. Anyway, the succeeding weeks should not be wasted by these younger men. The country will need them later, and all the drill and instruction they can obtain in the meantime will be invaluable. Let no one be idle. The cause...
...significance of the airplane. It has passed out of its period of experimentation and into a new sphere of deadly effectiveness--spying out the enemy's territory, directing artillery fire, raiding hostile encampments, and making surprise attacks impossible. Briefly, "the command of the air determines which side shall gain the victory...
...increased trade or for the slaughter of little governments or for the conquest of lands beyond the seas. Our desires are clean of the thought of gain. The hope of a peace based upon national tolerance has led us to take up arms against that government which wills no peace and comprehends no tolerance. Is there now one statesman so unwise as to say we lack ideals, that our only thought is of gain while the whole world bleeds...
...Buildings and Grounds, 976.42 9,819.63 1,094.25 11,991.35 Improvements and Maintenance, 18,102.83 9,993.15 Interest, 2,325.33 74.22 2,109.94 3,301.75 44,370.15 3,204.19 38,706.52 Balance, 41,068.40 35,502.33 44,370.15 44,370.15 38,706.52 38,706.52 Summary of above balances: Loss. Gain. Loss. Gain Major Sports, 61,181.04 55,555.46 Minor Sports, 8,742.36 12,125.96 Freshman Sports, 7,222.76 8,295.52 General Accounts, 41,068.40 35,502.33 57,033.52 61,181.04 55,923.81 55,555.46 Net Balance...
...years the petty desires of our Congressmen for personal gain and political success have blocked all efforts by the few leaders of international vision to partially prepare this country against the dangers that are now so imminent. This very minute when the granting of power to the President is the only means by which this country can fulfill the recognized functions of a respected country, a few Senators are still consciously swayed by party influence and forget the nation. Let them serve as an example to the majority in the University. The present crisis demands a leader. The country...