Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hearing how bad conditions are. Although the warnings of a true pessimist may spur us on to more vigorous action, yet they tend to bring comfort to our enemies. Too much optimism, however, is little more valuable, in spite of the fact that it is more agreeable. We want not the depths of pessimism, nor the heights of optimism...
...have one request I am going to make you. Please make every one realize that this is a long war if we want to stick to it until we have reached a victorious conclusion. And to make our sacrifices worth while, we must stay in the struggle to the bitter end. It is not we men on the firing line who will win this war. It is you who stay at home, sacrificing comforts and money to feed and clothe us. We are under your orders, and just as long as you hang on, we will fight as well...
...importance of immediate action. The Y. M. C. A. is the one home influence, the one place of rest, the one amusement resort that the Army and Navy have. It is the soldier's oasis in the midst of the horrors of battle. The French and the Italians want the American Y. M. C. A. to take up its work behind their lines and it has promised to comply. The Russians need our assistance in the form of both huts and cantonments. Their Army is in many places demoralized: the poison of German propaganda is having its dire effect...
...make good our promises to our Allies means money. $40,000 is what we want from Harvard...
When Dr. Mott addresses his audience tomorrow at the New Lecture Hall the attendance must be thoroughly representative of the University. The room could be crowded easily, because there are thousands of people outside of Harvard who want to hear Dr. Mott tell of his experiences in Y. M. C. A. work abroad. Tomorrow, however, members alone will mean nothing. The University must be there. Dr. Mott can always address non-collegiate audiences; his talk here is the only one of its kind to be given,--he is to speak at this University and none other. The assembly then must...