Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thirteen days across Siberia and Russia to Petrograd, where we arrived August 7. The object of the Mission was to give aid to the Russian people in their prosecution of the war by furnishing needed supplies for the care of the sick and wounded in the army and relief to the needy among the civil population. My own time was devoted largely to a study of the vital statistics of the army and an inspection of the sani- tary conditions and the ambulance and hospital service at the Russian front. This brought me in contact with General Korniloff and other...
...away from this influence. It has been with us too long. Although cut loose from a program of efficiency, we may not bring forth such ponderous collections of data, yet we shall send out men of more noble spirit and of greater value to the world. And what a relief it will be to have rules and efficiently no longer behind our every thought. To take a single example--what joy that we need no longer take Wolf and Von Willamowitz-Moellendorf seriously...
...campaign starts today to raise a large sum of money from the city of Cambridge for the relief of the Halifax sufferers, and every opportunity will be given to members of the University for voluntary contributions. No canvass of the dormitories will be made, however, and no attempt to reach a certain maximum sum is contemplated...
...dining rooms, the Union, Foxcroft, Smith and Gore Halls, tables are placed under the direction of four undergraduates, who will receive this portion of the University's contribution. Only a small minority of the students, however, can be reached by this method, and the Cambridge Committee on the Halifax Relief is anxious that men who can give shall go in person to one of the undergraduates in charge of the collection. The following are the names and addresses of the four men: E. J. Brehaut '17, Stoughton 8; J. H. Peters '19, Westmorly 26; J. C. Ryan '21, Gore...
Mayor-elect Quinn is directing a system of speeches in the leading theatres of Boston and Cambridge. Between acts, members of the Halifax Committee will address the audience in behalf of the relief...