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Panama was "taken" for the sake of the world's commerce, if incidentally for the specific military and commercial advantage of the taker. Much criticism was heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt for his procedure, but he had to decide whether we would take possession of the ends of the railroad on the Isthmus and keep the traffic clear, or whether we would stand back and let those Southern gentlemen cut each others' throats for an indefinite time and destroy whatever, remnant of our property and our interests we had there. Roosevelt had to do exactly as he did, or the only...
Thomas William Lamont '92, of New York City, has been selected by the Secretary of the Treasury as one of the two financial advisors of the American delegation at the Peace Conference. It is understood that Mr. Lamont has been asked to proceed as promptly as possible to Paris and thence to Spain and Belgium to advise in regard to the armistice conditions in conjunction with Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning. Mr. Lamont has assisted the Federal Government during the war at frequent intervals in an unofficial capacity, especially in matters of international finance...
...appointment of Matthew Luce '91, of Boston, as Regent of the University, to succeed Edward Deshon Brandegee '81, of Boston, was announced Saturday. Mr. Brandegee resigned his office last August to take up Red Cross work. Mr. Luce had recently assumed the duties of the Regency, but was not officially appointed until Saturday...
...Mr. Luce has been during the war assistant secretary of the Massachusetts Food Administration. He is a trustee of the Massachusetts Training Schools, and of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and has for many years been engaged in the wool business as a member of the firm of Luce and Manning...
...Mr. Charles F. Ernst '08, formerly in charge of the South Bay Union, then told of his experiences with boys' clubs, characterizing social service work as a "revelation into the art of leadership." He said that it was perhaps harder than military service in that the ultimate purpose was not so clear, and urged men to take it up in order to learn the real secret of life--service. "Social welfare work is a laboratory for working out ideas conceived in the classroom here...