Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...selection of Professor Fay by the Bureau of International Research reflects an honor upon a man who has proved himself to be a brilliant and indefatigable scholar. Indeed there are many who will wonder what origins of the world war Professor Fay could have overlooked in his two widely known volumes on the subject. To the lay mind his work has the stamp of absolute finality...
...further research which Professor Fay will carry on while in Europe promises to be of value not only to future historians but for statesmen of today. The question of war guilt still perplexes the world and is a basic disturbing factor in the relations of the various countries...
...Once and For All", the anthology of contemporary light essays made by David McCord '21, which is released today, will also be reviewed in tomorrow's Bookshelf. Other books on the list include "It's a Great War", by Mary Lee, "In Princeton Town", by Day Edgar; "Mud and Glory", by James M. Melville, "The Patchwork Madonna", by Harold Weston, "River House", by Stark Young, and "Invitation to Danger", by Alfred Stanford...
...instance which is dealt with in the volume concerns the administration of President Pierce, in 1855, when Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War. The Great American Desert was at that time a sizable obstacle in the way of transportation from the west to the east. Davis had, as Senator from Mississippi, conceived of the idea of inaugurating a camel route across the desert in order to relieve the situation, and when he became Secretary of War he secured an appropriation of $30,000 from Congress to carry out his scheme...
Last Saturday the Yale harriers were defeated in a dual meet by, Cornel O'Brien, star runner for the Blue, war held from the race, however...