Word: units
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rather than a large number in a slipshod fashion. These are, of course, dangers of the abuse of such privileges; but they are administrative difficulties which the personal supervision of the tutors could surmount. President Lowell's theory that the student rather than the individual course is the proper unit in education applies with force to this situation...
...Philippines were the object of cruel Spanish oppression for three hundred years. They had little chance for development of political theories and political genius, yet the effect of the Spanish regime was beneficent in that it has made them a unit, giving them a common history. The work of the American government has been remarkable. It has given them ability to successfully combat their economic, hygienic, educational, and political problems. It has developed a strong public opinion and capable leaders. The American government has fitted the Filipinos for immediate independence. The affirmative case is based on the ground that...
...third Medical Unit of surgeons, practically all graduates of the Medical School, and nurses, which will sail for England on the Cunard Liner "Andania" on May 20, will be composed of twenty-three men. Those who will make up this unit are as follows: Dr. Hugh Cabot '94, Chief Surgeon; Frederick J. Caldwell, D.M.D. '14, of Dorchester; Dr. Dennis W. Crile, of Boston; Dr. Edward S. Dillon, of Boston; Dr. Thomas A. Foster, M.D. '14, of Hartford, Conn.; Allen Greenwood, M.D. '89, of Boston; Dr. Paul Gustafson '12, of Cambridge; John W. Hammond, Jr., M.D. '12, of Cambridge; Dr. Lyman...
...third Medical Unit, which will be composed of 18 surgeons, practically all graduates of the Medical School, and 32 nurses, will sail for England on the Cunard Liner. "Andania" on May 20. The new unit will be under the leadership of Dr. Hugh Cabot '94, professor of surgery at the Medical School. This group will continue the work of the second unit, which was sent to Europe last November at the request of Sir William Osler, of Oxford, England, and which will complete a six months' tour of duty at a British Base Hospital near Boulogne on the French coast...
...unit will be organized as a base hospital in the British regular service and will, like all regular British hospitals, be under the general command of Director-General Sir Alfred Keough, whose office corresponds to that of surgeon-general in the United States Army. Dr. Cabot, as chief surgeon, will be ranked as a lieutenant-colonel, and the other men will receive ranks as majors, captains, and lieutenants, according to the duties which they are to perform. A regular commission will not be given, however, in order that men need not give up their American citizenship, as would be necessary...