Word: grave
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sorrow and admiration. They gave all they ever had or hoped to have, to fulfill the call of duty, and in so doing have made their lives the lives of heroes. In their few years they have proved themselves great, following the path of glory till in reached the grave...
Probability and grave danger of another German peace drive were emphasized by President Lowell yesterday in his address at the opening session of the Convention of the League to Enforce Peace, in Philadelphia...
...continuation and expansion of national activity. In every walk of life there will be empty places everywhere there will be need of trained and developed men to fill those empty places, immediately and effectively. Every one of you, in the special line in which you are working, has a grave responsibility: you are like the soldier in the trenches who holds himself ready to take the place of the comrade who falls. On the day when, in a liberated world, intellectual, industrial, commercial activity begins again, no place should remain empty. On that day you, who are young, must...
...social and economic reorganization; and it has had to contend with questions of race and empire whose seriousness cannot be overestimated. Under such a condition of affairs internal trouble and frequent dissatisfaction with the government's policies have only been natural. The labor question has at all times been grave. The conduct of the war has no doubt occasioned numerous scandals and no little inefficiency. Home Rule and Conscription in Ireland are at present the heated problems of the day. To condemn Lloyd George's ministry because of misinforming the English public in some detail regarding the military situation...
Harvard has long prided itself on an institution probably unique in American colleges: voluntary chapel. In practically every other institution in the country attendance at morning prayers is compulsory. There is a grave possibility at the present time, however, that chapel here will have to lose its voluntary character or cease to exist, if the interest of the undergraduates in its future does not increase materially. The figures of the Phillips Brooks House Chapel Committee report show that the daily attendance this year has been as low as 30, with a general average since December 1 of about 45. These...