Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...LeRoy de Chaumont, father of the young gentleman who will have the honor of waiting on you with this, was the first in France who gave us credit, and before the court showed us any countenance, trusted us with 2,000 barrels of gun powder, . . . . which for want of due returns, they being of great amount, has finally much distressed him in his circumstances...
...France, and the town which became the headquarters of General Pershing is Chaumont. Our government is abundantly able to repay those barrels of gunpowder if the people stand behind it with their money. The Franklin Thrift Stamp Drive is asking you to do this. The appeal of Franklin: "for want of due returns, they being of great amount, has finally much distressed him," reminds us of our debt more powerfully now that France has sacrificed her all, than it did when Chaumont advanced us 2,000 barrels of gunpowder...
...undertaking this social service work I want you to feel the spirit that animated Roosevelt," said Mayor Andrew J. Peters '95, of Boston, to about 100 undergraduates interested in social service work at Phillips Brooks House last evening. "He would have thrown himself heart and soul into such work as this. . . . All of you who take' advantage of the opportunity to become associated with this work will never regret having undertaken it. It is up to us who have had special advantages of education to repay our debt to society by doing our part, and I know that Harvard...
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...instance, what courses will he want? Modern European History, of course, which can explain to him the sources of the War which he has been fighting. Economics, by all means, which will give a background for the business life he intends to take up, for the reconstruction problems which must be solved. He will expect much of the University as he returns from the biggest experience of his life. His desire to learn will be greater than ever before...