Word: letting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...would certainly have been a shameful thing if the United States had failed in resisting the encroachments of the German Empire upon its national rights, and it would have been a sand thing for humanity if through a narrow passion for the preservation of our own comfort we had let France fall to her destruction before the onslaught of the Hun. It would be an almost equally shameful thing if now, after all the sacrifices which have been made and which have been accentuated through lack of timely preparation, we should be lulled to sleep by sweet sounding pleas...
...Let us remember that the United States is not the only nation that stands to lose some of her former privileges by joining the League of Nations; the mere fact of co-operating to enforce world peace means sacrifice and some degree of give and take on the part of all concerned. We have preached unselfishness and brotherhood long enough; now is the time to make good our declarations. C. S. JOSLYN...
Craigie and Russell Halls, which were taken over by the Radio School in November 1917 and January of the following year respectively, will be renovated and let furnished next fall as dormitories. The other four buildings which were among the first halls to be appropriated for war use by the School in the summer and fall of 1917 will be utilized as-in prewar years as soon as is thought expedient by the Trustees...
...Let us have a new gymnasium by all means but let us look further before we settle on it as a War Memorial. The monument which is finally erected for this purpose should not be one that will perish at the end of two score years, but one that will still carry its noble message to future classes at the end of two hundred...
...warning is written very large. Let not those who would push on their own ideas engage further in breeding distrust of nations or of the great leaders of a just cause who have served humanity if ever it has been served. The next time a revolver sounds or a bomb explodes the excuse that no such result was expected may not be accepted. New York Tribune...