Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course the plans for the production are as yet only tentative, but it was practically the unanimous opinion of the members that it would be most feasible to produce "Barnum Was Right." This play was all ready for production in 1917, and only the outbreak of the war prevented its being given...
...Conference. It is understood that Mr. Lamont has been asked to proceed as promptly as possible to Paris and thence to Spain and Belgium to advise in regard to the armistice conditions in conjunction with Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning. Mr. Lamont has assisted the Federal Government during the war at frequent intervals in an unofficial capacity, especially in matters of international finance...
...Luce has been during the war assistant secretary of the Massachusetts Food Administration. He is a trustee of the Massachusetts Training Schools, and of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and has for many years been engaged in the wool business as a member of the firm of Luce and Manning...
Princeton will resume athletics on a pre-war basis but along more desired lines. Coaches are to be associated with the faculty through the department of physical education. Unnecessary expenses are to be cut down by curtailing extravagant salaries for coaches and the expense and extent of trips. "Secret practice" and "scouting" will be eliminated. The general decrease in the number of games to be played by any one team, and the reduction of the cost of admission to games for members of the competing colleges will be effected. It is planned to have three or four teams represent Princeton...
...University of Wisconsin, in response to a great demand among the students, has just completed plans for the erection of a Union. This draws our attention to the fact that our own Union is not in as flourishing circumstances as it might be. Even before the war the expenses were becoming harder and harder to meet. The membership had declined. It was proposed to make membership compulsory among the students in order to meet the annually increasing deficit, but the plan was never carried out. The war and the Radio School coming at just this period, it was found convenient...