Word: labor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Military drill is in general hard, unpleasant work. To carry a gun on the shoulder is not an exhilarating task. There is none of the glory of the gridiron. Yet even such labor becomes enjoyable when troops are well led,--when they have an inspiration. Lieutenant Morize was our ideal last year; we are confident that during this year he will once more lead us to battle on the marshes of Waverly and through the clay of Belmont...
...rapid advance in price. If taken by the people the advance in price will be far less considerable and the mobilization of the country for war will be more speedily accomplished. We cannot enjoy all our accustomed luxuries and comforts during the war, because there simply is not enough labor to produce them, and at the same time equip large armies with the huge quantities of military supplies required in modern warfare...
...economize and subscribe to the Liberty Loan, labor will be available for war uses. If we do not, the Government will buy away labor and the products of labor from us with the credits which the banks will furnish, and finally through the advance in prices our civilian demand for goods and labor will be reduced. The direct method of economy is clearly the better...
...feels when he looks upon a great cathedral with one of its spires unfinished. There comes a keen desire to see it completed. So of this temple of legal learning, benefiting all our society as well as the individuals who are trained within it, a realization of the good labor and thought which has already gone into its construction leads to a great desire for more. And in the person of Dean Pound the architect who can build well the parts which remain to be wrought is ready and waiting. Boston transcript. Boston Transcript...
Spencer Miller, of Columbia, has been appointed by C. T. Clayton, special representative of the Department of Labor, to canvass the technical schools for apprentices. Professor Luke, of the engineering school of Columbia, regards the work as a valuable experience for civil, mining, and mechanical engineers...