Word: perring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...summer, has been received by President Lowell from Colonel F. C. Hanker, demobilization officer of the army. The War Department has authorized the appointment of a number of clerks to aid in the demobilization of overseas troops at Camp Dix, N. J. The rate of pay is $100 per month, and appointments can be terminated at any time...
...falls under their work. This gun is considered the best rifle of its type in the world, and was used with great success in the world war. The projectiles used in it vary only slightly in weight, averaging about 97 pounds. The highest muzzle velocity is 735 meters per second, or approximately 2,350 feet per second, and the maximum range with the latest type of steel "stream-line" shell is 1,900 meters, or almost twelve miles...
...startling political change, the result cannot be other than a steady improvement in the moral plane of American political, social, and economic life. But at the same time the foremost reason for the immediate adoption of woman suffrage appears to us to be one of principle. To allow fifty per cent of our population to contribute to the greatness of America in practically every field of endeavor, without allowing them a voice in the government is nothing less than an abridgement of liberty. The subordinate position of women, which nineteen centuries of the Christian era have only just managed...
During the summer, the bank will pay members of its classes as follows: Undergraduates, first summer, $60.00 per month; undergraduates, second summer, $67.50 per month; undergraduates, third summer, or graduates, $75 per month. This remuneration has been found to be in accord with average living expenses as carefully compiled from figures submitted by members of previous classes, plus a moderate increase in the second and third years in consideration of satisfactory attendance and training...
...ships seized after the declaration of war, will, according to information from Washington, make it certain that this country will be the second maritime power in the world, with Great Britain in first place and Japan in third. When the war began in 1914 American vessels carried only 9.7 per cent of American exports and imports...