Word: great
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...auspices of the Harvard Mission, at which Alden H. Clark will speak on "The Spirit of Modern Missions and Reconstruction Work." The meeting will be held in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House, at 7.15 o'clock. Mr. Clark will show the extent of the reconstruction work abroad and the great scope of the tasks of the missions overseas, as well as explain the great changes which have taken place during the last quarter-century...
...University of Copenhagen has formed an organization to be known as the "Studenterraadet," whose purpose is to improve the understanding between Denmark and other countries by an interchange of university undergraduates and college students. The plan, which has had no precedent, has created a great deal of interest on the Continent, especially in France and England, where the ministries of education have asked for personal conferences with representatives of the Danish Students' Council. A Scandinavian Bureau of Information has now been established in Paris and another in London...
...significance of this new organization lies in the fact that Copenhagen is the centre of Scandinavian learning. It means another great race has entered the field of international education in which the French and Anglo-Saxon have...
...solicitors in the Boston district had great difficulty in locating men on their lists on account of the fact that many of them made trips over the weekend. It is expected that the total will increase rapidly after business gets started again...
Doubtless the calls on everyone for money just at this time are very great. The success of the Endowment Drive is receiving, and should receive, first attention by those in a position to give. But the latter should consider this kindred cause of restoration in exactly the same light. The general promotion of education is being helped in both instances. This matter is primarily the college man's business. A great part of the system for which he stands was violated. From him, and from his alone, must come the first steps in wiping out the crime of the twentieth...