Word: growth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...permanent benefit to the spirit of the country. History, however, shows that every great period of war has been followed by an age of materialism and selfishness. The Civil War was followed by the rise of Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring. The Napoleonic Wars were followed by the growth of the factory system...
...years Cambridge has watched the growth, decline, and departure of the Radio School. Yesterday all but a few straggling members packed their sea bags and headed westward to the Great Lakes Training Station...
...object of affording an opportunity to members of different colleges and universities to meet and discuss together the problems common to all. They are held each summer under the auspices of a central committee, and are of a religious character. The problems discussed are all those which affect the growth and welfare of colleges, with the general aim of moral and educational progress through the co-operation of representative students of the various institutions. The business of the Conference goes on in the morning and evening, leaving the afternoon free for informal athletic competition of various kinds between members...
...annual reports of the President and Heads of Committees of the Phillips Brooks House Association which we publish this morning tell a story of remarkable adaptability and achievement. From the long list of various good works accomplished and plans of growth fulfilled, one cannot but gather an impression of extraordinary energy and activity on the part of those connected with the Association. Surely a University institution which not only held its own during the trying conditions of war-time but at the same time definitely and in a variety of ways increased the field of its activity cannot but deserve...
...Radio School has had a remarkable growth from its modest opening two years ago to its size of nearly 5000 sailors before the signing of the armistice. Many of the University buildings, including Pierce Hall, formerly the Engineering building, Perkins Hall, Walter Hastings Hall, the Hemenway Gymnasium, and Memorial Hall have been taken over by the school, but were inadequate to accommodate the increased enrollment. Last Fall it was necessary to erect temporary wooden barracks on the Common to provide room for this growth, but since the close of the war, the enrollment has fallen off steadily...