Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thing for America to do is to support the war," said Secretary Baker in his first public statement after returning from his trip to the battle lines of Europe, last week. "The right arm of America is in France, bared and ready to strike hard. The body is here in the United States, and it must support and invigorate that...
...measure of the American university's war-time service is the maximum of which it is capable of rendering. A hundred percent institution today is one which is devoting the entire energy and ability humanly possible to the support of the Government. Hopeless as such theoretical perfection may be, there can nevertheless be no doubt that universities are falling short of what may reasonably be expected of them. With the end of those initial out-pourings of men, they have failed to keep pace with the increased energies of the remainder of the nation's life...
...account of the sloping nature of the terrain any immediate work on the front line has been rendered inadvisable by the water collected in that trench. In the redoubt, second line, support trench and boyaux, however, the ground is reasonably dry, and the damage should be repaired in an afternoon...
...measure of a man's national-support lies in his personal actions and in his contributions of wealth. He may enter the active service of his country or he may offer his possessions. For the present at least, those of us in College must content ourselves with the latter of these two courses. The need for resources in the prosecution of the war must be apparent to all. The Government has chosen bonds as the method of raising the necessary funds. We have therefore the obligations and the machinery for meeting it before us. There remains only a consideration...
...income, the present service of the undergraduate must be small. If he borrows money to invest in bonds, he merely prevents someone else from doing the same. If he sells securities, the purchaser can not buy bonds. There remains, therefore, as the only effective contribution to the nation's support, the investment of real savings. These may be in the form of income from securities he may own, or of an allowance from his parents. By reducing expenditures for unessential or extravagant purchases and investing the resulting savings in bonds, he materially aids in war production. Again, as Mr. Clark...