Word: plan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University of Copenhagen has formed an organization to be known as the "Studenterraadet," whose purpose is to improve the understanding between Denmark and other countries by an interchange of university undergraduates and college students. The plan, which has had no precedent, has created a great deal of interest on the Continent, especially in France and England, where the ministries of education have asked for personal conferences with representatives of the Danish Students' Council. A Scandinavian Bureau of Information has now been established in Paris and another in London...
...Glenn E. Plumb, originator of the Plumb plan for the administration of the railroads, will explain the details of his scheme to members of the University in Peabody Hall of Phillips Brooks House tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Graduate Schools Society of Phillips Brooks House, primarily for the graduate students of the University, but both graduate and undergraduates will be welcome...
...Plumb is a lawyer who has made a name for himself by taking sides against corporations on several occasions. Largely on this account his services were engaged by the Railroad Brotherhoods. It was while he was in their service that he and his associates conceived the plan for railroad administration that at present bears his name. He has come to Boston for an indefinite period, probably about a week. While here he will fill many speaking engagements throughout Greater, Boston in the interest of his plan...
...restaurant is in the quarters formerly occupied by "Johnny," who until five years ago conducted a similar business. it will be run on the same plan, but will be nearly twice as large as the Holyoke lunch room...
...backers of the plan hold that the United States should be liberal to her veterans. Canada, they say, has awarded bonuses averaging $420; but the pay of a Canadian soldier during the war cannot be compared to that of a Yankee doughboy. The Dominion is making a some what tardy retribution for what she probably now considers parsimonious treatment during the war. War time generosity has its advantages; peace time must bring a curtailment of all expenditures. We cannot fool ourselves into believing that the money does not come from our pockets; liberality takes on another aspect when it means...