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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...placing the executive power of the railroads in the hands of a few men stationed at Washington, Mr. Willard said, the roads of the country can respond without delay to the transportation needs of the Government whenever they arise, and according to the opinion of railway officials the efficiency of the roads as a whole can thereby be increased by about 25 or 33 per cent...
...reply to a question concerning naval training camps, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Without doubt naval training posts will be established in each of the naval districts some time during the summer, but exactly where or when I am unable to say now. In these posts training in navigation, the operation of guns, and engineering will be given to fit the recruits for various branches of the service...
...With the entrance of the United States into the war, and especially with the aid of its navy, it seems to me quite possible that the war can be brought to a successful termination by the Allies before many more months have passed," said Alfred Noyes, the British poet, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "This war will liberate the world and the tremendous effect it will have on the arts cannot be measured at the present time, for it will not only affect poetry, to what extent no one can say, but it will change human life...
...favor of capital punishment and replied, 'Certainly, let the assassins begin.' The war is being fought by the Germans on Allied territory, and is being carried nearer and nearer to the United States, as evidenced by the sinking of numerous American vessels by the German submarines. Some people have said that the enthusiasm is somewhat forced in this country, but thinking people realize the seriousness of America's entrance into the war, and even now in some places in England and France that are distant from the scene of action, the people are not yet in entire sympathy with...
Before Captain Bowen's talk, Dean Gay announced that the Business School would under no circumstances close its doors next year. He said that this was a time when men proficient in business administration were particularly needed, on account of the peculiar conditions which have developed in this country...