Word: states
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Militarism is a state of mind which poisons the acts and life of a whole nation; and as such it may be totally independent of universal military service. Switzerland, for example, maintains a system of military training that has proved of inestimable value alike to the individual and to the nation; yet, few would venture to say that Switzerland is "burdened with an incubus" or that it suffers from "the odium of professional militarism...
...clock last evening 62 transportation tickets to Princeton had been sold. Men desiring to purchase tickets may still do so at Leavitt and Peirce's today on tomorrow until 4 o'clock. The rate for the ticket from Boston to Princeton is $7.26 each way, including war tax. State-rooms sell at either $1.62 or $2.16, depending on their size and location...
...retained as chairmen of these committees, as is instanced by the appointment of President Lowell as chairman of the Massachusetts committee. The secretary of this committee is Assistant Professor R. K. Hack of the University, who will give out all information concerning the scholarships to men living within the state...
...objects of this year's drive include the renewal of present memberships and the enrolling of new members, so that $15,000,000 may be raised with which to make good the Red Cross pledges to devastated countries, to maintain a state of preparedness at home against epidemics and disasters, and to aid in the projected constructive health program...
Formerly two Rhodes scholars were elected every year from each state, thus giving Nevada, with a population of 114,000, as large a representation as New York. The new rules provide that when no candidate is of sufficiently high quality, none shall be chosen. Although the present choices were not made under the new ruling, the change indicates a tendency which may lead to further amendments to remedy the present unequal representation...