Word: manifoldly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...patriotic duty by merely being present on the job. High prices for ships, military equipment and munitions have convinced some manufacturers that their obligation is fulfilled by the mere fact that they are in the business. The incentive of competition for customers or employment being removed, producers of the manifold war requirements are spending too much energy in determining the size and distribution of their compensation, too little in making their product equal in value and amount to the enhanced price paid...
Each of the manifold schemes for the pacification of the world proposed by liberal statesmen applies the theory of national self-determination. This principle, in short, provides that every racial or linguistic group possessing a sense of national unity should freely choose the alternative of amalgamating itself in some larger state, of becoming an autonomous fragment of some larger state, or of assuming the status and privileges of sovereign independence. But while it is comparatively easy to take an outline map and to mark off upon it the boundaries for a Jugo-Slavic, a Little Russian, a Great Russian...
...Manifold aspects of the world struggle will be treated in the course. Commandant Azan and other officers of the French Mission will describe phases of the actual warfare employed in Europe; Professor E. F. Gay will discuss the economic side of the conflict; Professor R. H. Lord and Dr. J. Klein will treat the Russian and South American connection; Professor A. C. Coolidge '87 will detail the historical antecedents; and Professor A. B. Hart '80 and others will consider a more strictly national viewpoint. An extra examination hour will be added for those who wish to take the course...
...exercises in Sanders will be held at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the time announced, and President Lowell will act as chaplain. In the afternoon at 2.15 o'clock the time-honored tree ceremonies will be held, following which the exercises in the Stadium are scheduled. The manifold spreads that are given every year on this occasion will be held as usual in the Yard after the Stadium festivities. Dancing in Memorial Hall and Hemenway Gymnasium will follow in the evening from 8 till 11. The University Glee Club will give its farewell concert of the year...
...specifically directed to military use is a mere luxury, enabling men to find a source of relaxation and enjoyment, but not essential to the welfare of the community as a whole, then the College had better close its doors permanently. But if, on the other hand, education in the manifold forms in which it is given by the various institutions of learning, is essential to modern civilization and to the United States, then the College certainly cannot cease to impart...