Word: reds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...totals for the first day of the University Red Cross drive were available for publication this morning. Indications however, from the committee chairmen made it certain that large sums had been collected, even though all members of the committees had not reported the results of their canvassing...
...Behind all this grim purpose of winning the war, my friends, lies the opportunity to demonstrate not only force, which will be demonstrated to the utmost, but the opportunity to demonstrate character, and it is that opportunity that we have most conspicuously in the work of the Red Cross. Not that our men in arms do not represent our character, for they do, and it is a character which those who see and realize appreciate and admire; but their duty is the duty of force. The duty of the Red Cross is the duty of mercy and succor and friendship...
...summon you to the comradeship of the Red Cross; I summon you in this next week to say how much and how sincerely and how unanimously you sustain the heart of the world...
...energy and which is beginning an unlimited drain upon their every resource. Their response has been not only sufficient, but has been given in the spirit of willingness which is the great source of this nation's strength. This week they are called upon to contribute to the American Red Cross. That they will not be found wanting can only be assured through the co-operation of every individual citizen...
...Red Cross is a private organization recognized by the Government as an official agency for the physical repair of our Army and for the alleviation of all types of war suffering. It is in urgent need of money. These two facts constitute what must be an irresistible appeal to everyone. There is no student who cannot save enough for his contribution. The man who fails to give something, as much as he can, but at least something, is a slacker of the first order. These are plain words, but they represent a plain truth. We are living in a time...