Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University Christian Association will hold its annual business meetng, dinner, and election of officers at the Union at 6.15 o'clock this evening. This is the first time that this meeting has taken place since the beginning of the war. Mr. Arthur S. Johnson '85, President of the Boston Y. M. C. A., will be present and will speak for a few minutes; and the annual reports of the various committees will be read by their respective chairmen...
This will be the last Liberty Loan, although there will be other issues of government securities to finance belated war expenses. These, however, will not be floated by popular campaign. None of the past issues of Liberty Bonds are convertible into Victory Loan notes, and there are no specific provisions in the terms of the Victory issue serving directly to maintain market prices of past issues...
...world. Some of you young men have been fortunate enough to have an active part in this great contest. Others of you have deeply regretted your inability to go. The Victory Liberty Loan will afford every one an opportunity to become an active participant. Paying for the war is just as important as fighting it, and all of us can help to pay. We would be untrue to the boys who offered their lives if we failed to shoulder our part of the burden of those who stayed at home." CARTER GLASS, Secretary of the Treasury...
...treasury department has now announced the details of the fifth war loan, which is considered a masterpiece by the business men of America. It is made attractive by a 4 3-4 percent interest rate, yet its early date of maturity will prevent it from depressing the value of the previous issues...
Many undergraduates are daily receiving their $60 gratuities from the government. Both duty and common sense point to only one proper use for this money. The war is won, but it is not yet paid for. The government still has vast expenses to meet. Men and equipment must be brought home, Europe must be fed, and great programs of reconstruction at home and abroad must be carried out. The government must have money. If it cannot borrow, it will...