Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...establishment of Compulsory Military Service in the United States on the general lines of the system now in force in Sweden" has been selected by the University Debating Council as the subject of the Harvard, Yale, Princeton triangular debate for this spring. In accordance with the provisions of the agreement covering the triangular intercollegiate debates, the general subject was his year chosen by the University Debating Council, and it has now been submitted to the Yale Debating Association which is empowered to adjust the exact wording. This will be done at a meeting to be held next Thursday...
...investigator in physical and organic chemistry and the author of papers concerning the significance of changing atomic volume. He is a member of the International Commission on Atomic Weights. His many honors include degrees from twelve universities and membership in many of the leading scientific societies of Germany, Sweden, and the United States. He was awarded the Davy Medal by the Royal Society of London in 1910 and the Willard Gibbs Medal by the American chemical Society in 1912. The London Medical Society awarded him the Faraday medal in 1911, and he was probably the first American to be offered...
...American-Scandinavian Foundation will give several scholarships, probably six, ranging in value from $250 to $500, to American students wishing to study in Norway, Sweden, or Denmark during the year 1915-16. There are also several secretaryships open to students coming from Scandinavian families, the work of which is to be done in the summer. A scholarship of $400 is open to any college student who secures 500 new subscriptions for the "American-Scandinavian Review." For detailed information students should address the Secretary, American-Scandinavian Society, 25 West 45th street, New York...
...probably attract more entries than at any time in the past. The international interest created last year by Oxford's participation in the relay races will be maintained, for unless the war suddenly obliges them to change their plans, Cambridge University will enter the meet. Upsala University, of Stockholm, Sweden, may also send over a relay team...
...collected from the nations. The court could enforce its rulings on all international disputes by boycotting a nation's commerce, regulated by the free trade principle, and through the marine police force. This force would consist of approximately one hundred light cruisers manned by countries like Denmark or Sweden which have no political or economic ambitions. This, under the condition that all nations should disarm, all armies should be disbanded, and all arsenals, except the few necessary to supply arms to the police, be destroyed, would be an adequate force to maintain discipline. As a result of the adoption...