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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...million, a couple of millions is wanted to increase equipment, material and staff for research in philosophy, political and pure science. Many salaries should be raised to keep distinguished professors at the university and deliver promising young men from the temptation of business offers far superior to their scanty pay. The library, the university press, various objects undertaken, or that ought to be $30,000,000. May Columbia get it, in large sums and in small, and on short notice! --New York Times...
...Corporation has granted permission for the ushers to take up a collection between the halves of the game today for the benefit of the Harvard Surgical Unit. A comparatively small number of men have contributed enough to defray the expenses so far and to pay for all of the instruments, and equipment used by the unit, surgical dressings, much of the bacteriological and anaesthetic apparatus and some of the buildings...
...smoke appeared behind my tail and I had the impression of having a piece of iron hiss by. "Must have got my range, first shot!" I surmised, and making a steep bank, pique'd heavily. "There, I've lost them now!" The whole art of avoiding shells is to pay no attention till they get your range, and then dodge away, change altitude and generally avoid going in a straight line. In point of fact, I could see bunches of exploding shells up over my right shoulder now a kilometre off. They continued to shell that section for some time...
...measure avowedly intended to keep up high prices and restrict the one thing which would do everybody the most good, foreign trade. Read the recent full page advertisements in the New York papers and see what th real issue is that the men behind Hughes are willing to pay hard money for; you will find nothing but a plain, unvarnished appeal to the provincial American's pocket-book. High tariff! Business profits...
After December 1 notices of the informal dinners, receptions and conferences which the club will hold during the winter will be sent to club members only. An opportunity will be given at the meeting this evening to enroll as a member and to pay the annual dues which are purely nominal...