Word: strength
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University, and quite a number of undergraduates are already included in its membership. Inasmuch as the Massachusetts National Guard is at present scheduled to be called into active service on the 25th of next month, a campaign is being waged to recruit all branches up to war strength...
...hoped that the district in which the University is will subscribe at least three million dollars of this government bond issue. It is not only large amounts from a few individuals which the government wishes, but that the issue may be spread among the entire nation, and thus add strength to the issue itself and the general financial situation. The greatest record which the United States has made in this respect--that of extending the sale to a large number of citizens--was at the time of the Civil War was the ratio...
...best thing that a young man under age can do now, while awaiting such congressional action, is to remain at college and take the military training there. I should not advise anyone to enlist before he is actually needed, for we must not use up all of our strength at once--if this is exhausted we should have little to fall back upon. You are like substitute football players, who are of great service although not actually in the game...
...Statistics have been carefully gathered to show the extent of this drain on our national wealth. Contrary to the ignorant wisdom of proverb-mouthing fellows, figures do not lie. As a nation we must face without blindness the inevasible truth that the pleasure of alcohol has weakened sadly our strength...
Already 45 members and recent graduates of the University have signed up for the two Harvard ambulance units that the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau has asked the University to recruit. These units, when they are recruited to the full strength of 36 men each, will probably be sent abroad immediately. The contingent is to become part of the Medical Enlisted Men's Reserve Corps, and will be among the first of the United States Army corps to reach France. The ambulance units will also give substantial assistance to the French ambulance service, and will, furthermore, serve as Harvard units through...