Word: loan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...accordance with the plans for advancing the Liberty Loan at Harvard, the Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity has devoted its treasury reserve to the purchase of Liberty Bonds. It feels that in this time of need it is necessary for organizations as well as individuals to pledge their whole-hearted support to this patriotic movement...
...absorbing matter of interest of the people of the country today is the absolute necessity of making this loan a success, for we are the bankers of our allies," said Arthur C. Wise to the committee and teams for the Liberty Loan at a meeting held in the CRIMSON Building yesterday afternoon. "The fact that the United States has just made a government loan to Great Britain and France of 40 million dollars, making a total since our entrance into the war amounting to 2 billion, 600 million, goes to show to how great an extent our allies are dependent...
Again, he pointed out that "the last loan was taken largely by the very rich and the very poor but that now surtaxes have been placed upon the wealthy and although they are still doing their share, yet the government is looking for response from the middle class. Young men have responded to their colors and have been drafted into the army without the government consulting their wishes. They have given up their lives to the cause. The government has the same right to ask for a man's money and savings as it has to ask for a soldier...
Arthur C. Wise will address the whole committee and teams in the CRIMSON Building today at 5 o'clock on the importance of the loan, the necessity of wide-spread cooperation, and the best methods for launching a successful campaign...
...committee has been appointed to take charge of a movement to encourage interest throughout the University in the new liberty loan and to manager a campaign to stimulate the sale of the bonds among undergraduates. It is composed of the following men: Francis Whiting Hatch '19, of Medford, chairman; George C. Barclay '19, of Medford, chairman; George C. Barclay '19 of New York, N. Y.; Waldron P. Belknap, Jr., '20, of New York, N. Y.; George A. Brownell '19, of New York, N.Y.; Dexter C. Hawkins '20, of New York, N. Y.; John Royce Meeker '21, of New York...