Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...House, has been secured to fill temporarily the position in the University School for Ensigns left vacant by the death of Lieutenant E. F. Greene. This officer received his training at the Naval Militia School in Boston and was commissioned in the fall of 1916. Upon the outbreak of war last spring, he entered active service and was detailed as executive officer on the U. S. S. Dupont...
Keep it up while the snow lasts. It is a patriotic duty. Food will win the war, and more birds mean better crops and more food for us and our fighting men. If you want to know more about feeding and protecting birds, write to Winthrop Packard, secretary, The Massachusetts Audubon Society, 66 New bury street, Boston, Mass...
...interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, Mr. Williston emphasized the necessity of engineering knowledge. "This war," he said, "is so different in its use of machinery and mechanical equipment from other wars that it becomes important for every officer to have at least a superficial knowledge of the commonest military engineering matters. As an illustration of this, every West Point graduate is a technically trained man. Members of the R. O. T. C., if fortunate, are going to get ranks similar to those of West Point graduates and you can appreciate the importance of at least a slight familiarity with...
Immediate consideration of this war problem is necessary to prevent future difficulties. Even if the draft age is not lowered, and, although preparatory school graduates are urged to obtain all the education they can, yet it is very doubtful if more students will be enrolled than at present. As a matter of fact, a continuous decrease is indicated in many ways; the likelihood of younger draftees, the increasing economy of money, and the experience of foreign universities. As war deficits exist already, and as they will surely grow no less under present conditions, every college is forced to adopt...
...curtailment of expenses, if that is possible, may be suitable in some cases, or increased fees in others. In every instance, however, care must be taken to avoid any decision that will discourage future undergraduates. Universities are compelled to counteract in whatever way seems best the losses caused by war, but, in so doing, let them not injure their own prestige or make college education less attainable...