Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...interior will be thoroughly cleaned and largely repainted, and all traces of the two-year regime of sailors will be removed. It is intended to open a first-class restaurant in the fall, run on a club rather than a hotel basis as was the case before the war. The large billiard and pool room in the basement will be put in order, making 9 tables available...
...meeting of the 1920 War Memorial Committee held yesterday afternoon it was decided that the first step toward the erection of the memorial would be to consult several architects to get various plans for the gate. The architects will start work on the plans at once, and they should be ready in a short time...
Final plans for the Princeton War Memorial, as ratified by the graduate council of that university in conjunction with a committee appointed by the Board of Trustees, call for the remodelling of Nassau Hall and the rebuilding of the central portion as a Memorial Hall for Princeton men who died in this and previous wars. The proposed memorial had been approved by the trustees' committee, but the sanction of the graduate council was necessary before the plans could finally be accepted...
...country smiles. From the land of France comes the glad tidings that President Wilson is in favor of repealing the "bone dry" war measure to permit the sale of beer and light wines. Perhaps the President has learned by experience in France that the practice of drinking, if not carried to excess, produces no harmful effect. Perhaps the "no beer, no work" slogan has reached the President and has indicated to him that the laboring class craves its slightly harmful satisfaction. Perhaps Mr. Wilson has an ear to the ground for the coming 1920 elections. Who knows...
...time there will be created a memorial in honor of all the Harvard men who have laid down their lives in the war; but the Junior Class intended to do more than give to this larger monument, by donating a smaller memorial for the members of their class who have been killed. A gateway has been determined upon by the Class of 1920 in the belief that it will be a small personal tribute that will serve as a tangible monument until the ultimate large memorial is erected. The Class of 1920 is to be commended on their splendid enterprise...