Word: interest
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...number contains, among other articles of more or less local interest, four editorials timely and to the point, a forecast of the track season written by the track manager and one exceptionally important and much needed article relating to recruiting. It is a little surprising to find, despite the professed purpose of the number, that the editorials concern themselves with everything of immediate interest except preparedness. This is all the more disappointing, because we are convinced that any of the editors of the Illustrated could have written more significantly on the subject than Mr. Hudson Maxim in a little morceau...
...announcement of Major-General Wood's transfer to the new Southeastern Department comes as a somewhat unpleasant surprise. General Wood has been so closely connected with all military activities at Harvard during the last two years that the loss of his valuable supervision and keen interest will be regretted by the entire University. No more splendid administrative record rests to the credit of any man. Added to this he has carried on a country-wide campaign for national preparedness that has aroused the youth of this country to their patriotic responsibilities and the older generation to the shocking need...
...paramount interest with most of us now is preparation for war. That interest will be held by still more when war is actually declared. Dramatic performances and social affairs have been cancelled; intercollegiate athletics are naturally the last to go. But at such times everything which hinders military training must be set aside and for this reason, though the necessity for it is highly regrettable, the Athletic Committee's action is clearly the only proper...
...selected. The fact that the act fixes wages instead of leaving it to the free contract of the parties violates this principle. On the other hand, it is equally a fundamental principle of the social order that information shall be obtainable for use by the government, the parties in interest, and the public for guidance in action. If the government desires information as a guide to determine whether it shall take steps looking toward the government ownership of railways, it should be permitted to get it. If the railroads and the employees need information for the purpose of collective bargaining...
With a ticket sale that promises an even greater audience than in past years and a subject involving the most important problem of American foreign policy, the debate with Yale in Sanders Theatre tonight takes on an interest and significance far exceeding that of ordinary contests. The question of whether the United States should depart from its traditional diplomatic policies and enter into entangling alliances in Europe is one which this country must face within the next few weeks as well as at the close of the war. While the United States is not legally at war, it many...