Word: outgrowth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...establishment of the American Merchant Marine Library Association was a direct outgrowth of the War, when books were collected from all parts of the country for use of both soldiers and sailors abroad and in training camps. The Association aims to establish and maintain libraries on board every ship in the American Merchant Marine. For this purpose the people of Massachusetts are asked to contribute 100,000 books to replenish the store from which these libraries are furnished, and to fill the boxes of books being sent to each outgoing ship. The committee suggests that reading on board ship...
...machinery for taking attendance is not at fault. The easy-going monitor and the student who takes advantage of his friendship are simply an unavoidable outgrowth of the whole system. Their attitude cannot be changed by any external means. But when the question of voluntary attendance comes up for consideration, the shortcomings of the monitorial system are likely to be an argument in its favor...
...Belgian exchange professorship, of which Professor Pirenne is the first holder, was established by the G. R. B. Educational Foundation, an outgrowth of the work of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium carried on during the war by Mr. Hoover and his associates. The University is one of a number of American universities which Professor Pirenne will visit this autumn...
Transportation Plans Outgrowth...
...least, so it would appear on the surface. Actually, however, the present situation is the outgrowth of a long series of events starting in 1917, when the operators of mines were forced to raise the wages in order to hold the laborers from other more profitable "war work". But the wage scale of 1917 was granted only for the duration of the war; accordingly, in September, 1919, delegates of the miners from the various fields declared the war scale at an end and demanded an increase of sixty percent in wages, shorter hours, and a five day week. The refusal...