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...point of great importance in constructive social work at the present time is the necessity of a balanced ration. In the old days of long voyages of sailing ships around the Horn and of whalers, men used to die of scurvy,--not because they did not have plenty to eat but because certain necessary kinds of food were lacking. In the same way a man may have plenty to do and yet be starved for some of the necessary ingredients of human life...
...answer, so far as any is now possible, is to be found in leisure time, in community singing, dramatics, social gatherings, celebrations, pageants, neighborhood expression, as compensation for what civilzation has cut out, the balancing of the human ration...
Company Supply Sergeants will meet Captain W. M. Cole at Military Headquarters at 1.05 P. M. Friday, April 5, for instruction on ration issue tomorrow...
Administration.--February 18: Rations, Captain Cole. February 20: Ration Return and Sick Report, Major Flynn...
...words, one of about every four members of the club is engaged in some form of service directly related to the war, with the men in auxiliary work outnumbered nearly three to one by those in active service. There would be an element of guess-work in applying this ration to the entire Harvard fellowship; yet we do not believe any serious miscalculation would result. --Alumni Bulleting...