Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This afternoon marks the beginning of the really big days of sport at the University after the war. On track and diamond, Princeton is going to be met by Harvard teams inspired by the old time ante-war spirit...
Whenever statistics concerning sacrifices in the war are compiled, the University feels justly proud of the contribution of her sons to this list. The latest reports show that of the six thousand college men throughout the country who gave their lives, two hundred and ninety-seven or nearly three percent were Harvard men. This total was greater than that of any other college...
...evil necessity, and with many misgivings as to whether it was a necessity at all. With the passing of the frontier however, this reign of blatent lawlessness came to an end, and since that time we have been confronted with a growing spirit of paternalism. During the war, when compulsion was to a large extent, absolutely essential, we saw this tendency grow, and though momentarily we find a let-up, it is clear that governmental regulation is increasing...
About a year ago the Congress of International Students originated as the International Circle of Men and Women Students, and was announced in American college and university newspapers at that time. During the war, it was active in the work of organizing the different national groups, and in publishing magazines and bulletins of information. The end of the war has made possible a more active and intensive improvement toward establishing closer relations between the student bodies of the different nations...
Aside from all this, there is one crowning advantage which it seems that the building of Beaune University by direct action of the United States War Department should aid in translating into practical fact. This advantage would be Federal supervision of education, with a view to its general improvement. We are far from advocating state subsidies or aids to institutions of learning, or paternalism or active central control or domination of educational development in any form. We are not hankering to take orders from any federal "School-master-General," But at the same time it is a significant fact that...