Word: higher
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their country teach us not only how to die, but also how to live. "The simile of one runner handing on the torch to the next, never letting the flame die out, is ever true," he declared, "and let us remember that the fewer the number remaining, the higher will mount the flame. I can see you young men reaching out with eager hands to take the torch...
...exceptions would certainly have to be established for foreign students coming to this country only to study and not for permanent residence. But in the case of all those, born outside of the United States, who have attained the age and qualifications entitling them to undertake work in our higher institutions of learning, and who have yet given no sign of intending to become American citizens, the colleges might well raise bars of exclusion...
...drafted for labor has very little ground for objection, compared to the person chosen for trench service and a labor draft is the one and only way to put the workmen, manual and intellectual, in the places where they would do the most good. In the higher intellectual classes a type of conscription is already in force, only this selection is done under the guise of an invitation to do Government work elsewhere. Schwab, Ryan and even Hughes are examples of such cases...
...those who are in position to know that the German army today numbers approximately 5,300,000 men. From her own resources Germany can add annually to this a total of 600,000 at the maximum. The problem before the Allies is one of inflicting casualties at a rate higher than this national increase. During the last month and a half no less than 300,000 Germans have fallen. The possibility of defeating Germany by a slow weakening of her manpower is therefore one of very practical importance...
...operative at a price of 75 cents each, it was announced yesterday by the 1918 Class Day Committee. There has been great difficulty with the enameling work this year and as a consequence, the manufacture was delayed more than two months. For this reason the price is somewhat higher than in previous years. The sale will last only a few days and Seniors are requested to get their buttons at once before the supply is exhausted...