Word: publication
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...more hard-hearted but equally cogent suggestion is made by Julius H. Barnes, speaking for the Institute for Public Service. The college tuition fee does not represent more than a small part of what each student costs the institution, being kept at a merely nominal figure so that a liberal education may be within the means of poor, and even of self-supporting, students. As a result, sons of the moderately well-to-do, and even of the rich, receive what, in effect, is a gratuity. That is one of the many anomalies of democratic institutions. Mr. Barnes suggests that...
...these suggestions, it should not blind us to their essential wisdom and justice. In one sense the cause of any individual college, or even of a group of colleges, is undoubtedly an individual or a group interest. But these are perilous days, in which little is apparent in the public prints beyond brute passions and rampant selfishness. The World may well linger over every manifestation of the more human forces in civilization. --New York Times...
...League is a new international association of the Red Cross Societies of the nations of the world. It will act as a centralized agency for the improvements of public health, the prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world. It will also serve in cases of national or international disaster. Another of its purposes is to promote the welfare of mankind by furnishing a medium for bringing within the reach of all the people the benefits to be derived from present known facts, new contributions to science and medical knowledge and their application...
...Henry P. Davidson is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the League, and the Director General of the League is Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson of Great Britain. The public health work and general medical activities of the League will be under the direction of Dr. Strong...
...Taylor Society is a national organization to promote the science of business management, and the meetings will all be held under the auspices of the Graduate School of Business Administration in University Buildings. The public will be admitted to the meetings, and all persons desiring to be present are requested to notify Mr. H. H. Farquar, 15 Lawrence Hall...