Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...great problems of reconstruction which will be engaging our attention for a long time after the war will be that of education. Already the European nations have started housecleaning their old establishments. Despite the severe tasks which have confronted them, the British have undertaken a remodelling of their school system, and out of a sorely depleted treasury have voted eighty millions to begin on. Our Congress will shortly be considering a bill which proposes to make a national problem of our public schools, which have hitherto been a state and local issue; according to the bill there shall...
...most conspicuous effect of the war upon education in America, so far as can thus far be discerned, is the impetus given to the teaching and study of the sciences. The old-line colleges are away below their normal strength in students, but the technical institutions are filled to the brim and most of them are now wondering what they will do with the new influx which seems certain to come next autumn. The war has developed technical industries to an unprecedented extent in this country, and the call for trained men is far greater than it ever was before...
...president, Dr. Benjamin Rand; president, R. G. Trotter 5g.; vice-president, A. H. Richardson, 1B.; secretary, G. E. Wilson, 3G.; treasurer, R. Davis 03.; executive committee, D. C. Hyde 2G., and H. Cartlidge, 3L. The club, which has not been active during the past four years because of the war, is planning to resume its fullactivities in the near future...
Professor Albert Sauveur of the Metalurgical Department has just returned from France, where he has been engaged in war work during the past year. While stationed in Paris, he was in charge of the section of Metallurgy in the Technical Division of the United States Air service, the purpose of which was to solve metallurgical problems connected with aviation motors. Professor Sauveur will resume his work at the University next...
...Possible" is to be found the true meaning of this document. In many ways it falls short of the ideals for which President Wilson has stood. We find in it no broad principle of religious toleration, no recognition of the part played by commerce and trade in starting a war. We are bewildered by the complex wording, by the vague statements which seem to settle nothing in a permanent...