Word: reconstruction
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...asked to give what we can to aid stricken Halifax. What that city needs above all things is money. Conditions there are such that the entire East must respond to the call for help in order to relieve the fearful suffering. It is likewise most necessary to reconstruct and reorganize completely and immediately a port of so great importance to Canada and to the Allies. We are not asked to deprive ourselves of our entire fortunes for this cause. But let each student consider carefully before he allows today to pass by without giving his share to Harvard University...
...today will become material for the historian of tomorrow. Already the earlier "war posters" of England and France have acquired a remarkable interest, have achieved the dignity of historical evidence regarding the feeling at the outbreak of war; and one can imagine the vividness with which they will reconstruct the emotions behind the cataclysm for future generations...
Most of the authors are new comers (only one member of the board contributes) and their work promises well for the new volume. The variety of subject and treatment is especially noteworthy. They do not take themselves very seriously; they are not out to reconstruct either literature or life. Their work is the more acceptable. It is really a relief to find a college "literary" paper, which is content with being readable, lively, and light. Those of us who feel the need of "uplift" can afford to wait for Billy Sunday
...hope of those interested in the Herbarium that ultimately it will be possible to reconstruct the entire old portion of the building, including the laboratory wing which lies to the east. Thus absolute safety would be provided against loss which a fire would cause to the valuable specimens which the Herbarium contains...
...with any assurance the outcome of this afternoon's game. Neither team can be said to have had a very successful season, and both have suffered heavily from injuries. Aronson's mishap, in particular, had apparently a demoralizing effect on the team, and it has taken a month to reconstruct the outfield. In addition, during nearly the entire season the pitching has depended on one man. This, quite naturally, is a heavy strain for a college pitcher to bear...