Word: relief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only break in Professor Fairclough's studies came during the World War when he took charge of the American and Belgium relief work being undertaken by the Red Cross Staff at Berne, Switzerland. He was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the American Red Cross and performed work of the highest value...
...Chicago and other institutions, $700,000; to the establishment of a University of Chicago Medical School, $500,000; to the Wilmer (Eye) Institute Fund of Johns Hopkins University, $50,000; to the creating of "neat and tidy" rural public schools for Negroes, $1,500,000; to European War Relief $1,000,000. One-third of his time does this Illinois-born Jew give to charitable, religious and educational enterprises. Little does he give to himself other than a pleasant, comfortable life. A member of ten clubs, he would rather spend hours with his family in his home on Ellis...
...could continue living apart from her; but that would bring him no relief and she could still call herself Alice Jones Rhinelander...
Several methods of avoiding high prices were suggested: 1) Planting rubber in the Philippines and elsewhere outside British control (this will not bring relief for several years, however?not until the rubber trees grow to bearing age.) 2) Co-operative buying, perhaps legally enforced, by all U. S. rubber manufacturers. 3) Using rubber as economically as possible, and carefully reclaiming all old rubber. 4) Tapping wild rubber trees still growing in many places...
...radiates. Such a professor seems to have forgotten that all knowledge--science, philosophy, history, literature, religion--all had their origin in the problems of human life. Such a professor needs to learn that his facts become vital, and fraught with meaning and importance, only when they are thrown into relief against these problems...