Word: small
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...bond committee is hoping to obtain many small subscribers in Cambridge to swell the total throughout the country. There were 8,000,000 subscribers to the last British loan of $5,000,000,000, or a ratio of one in six, and the British are proud that their record was superior to that of the Germans of whom one in ten subscribed to their most recent issue. In contrast to these records is that of the United States in the Spanish War when there were only 325,000 bond purchasers, or one in 256, to the small loan...
...nations as such are fond of dilating on their past, that from contemplation of the greatness which has been theirs, they may summon up greater boldness for the present. That serves well our rhetoricians and 4th of July orators. But it has small value save as a pastime for the historically well grounded...
...devoting all his time to Liberty Loan propaganda and through whom the special arrangements with the Cambridge Trust Company have been made, will be present to discuss further plans for getting purchasers of the bonds. Definite plans will be decided upon and the campaign begun immediately. Small subscriptions are necessary for the success of the loan...
...early Regiment actual and necessary preparation for immediate defence were few. The country was apathetic. It was small wonder the University was apathetic. Captain Cordier, as newly appointed Professor of Military Science and Tactics, had to combat that apathy before he could arouse enthusiasm. How well he succeeded is shown by the great success of the Regiment, which became an example and a standard throughout the country. The hundreds of men who last summer attended Plattsburg received their initial impulse to prepare themselves for national service from the inspiration of the Harvard Commandant...
There are, it has been roughly estimated, about three thousand doctors graduated yearly from our recognized schools. That is a pitifully small number to alleviate the suffering and heal the wounds of millions of war-beaten men. Our armies can afford no diminution of the far-too-small number of doctors who are now available...