Word: war
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During her short visit in Cambridge, Miss Tambe expressed hopes that Radcliffe might renew its sister-college tie with Kobe, which lapsed over the war years...
...plateau in Nishinomiya, Japan, in the social center of Kobe College, is a room dedicated to Radcliffe in commemoration of the pre-war sister-college relationship between the two schools. A plaque in the room reads, "Veritas: In Knowledge and Love of Truth," words suggested by Radcliffe's affiliation with Harvard, and chosen by ex-Radcliffe President Ada L. Comstock during her visit to Kobe...
...second world war, the Museum fared a bit better. As someone said, "the Germanic Museum was the first bit of University territory to be occupied by the United States Army and the last to be evacuated." It served first as a school for army chaplains, and later as a training base for Military Government officials, perhaps to prepare them for a Teutonic atmosphere...
...territory finally came back to the University in 1946, and the customary bustle of academic activity began again. The only parts of Museum tradition that have not been revived since the war are the Harvard Dramatic Club's Christmas passion play, and the goldfish in the courtyard pond. But the building's remaining activities and inhabitants are as diverse as its styles of architecture. Classes in German, Swedish, and Norwegian share the rambling classrooms under the eaves on the third floor with the microphones and wire recorders of Professor Packard's speech department. The second floor is inhabited...
...States and Russia, with the only question being one of time. "We cannot make peace with the present rulers of the Soviet Union," he states on the first page. Thus, as long as the present regime rules Russia the only peace will be one of armed waiting--waiting for war...