Word: wars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this amount was the estimate of the Harvard Endowment Fund Committee which was appointed in 1916. This seemed large at the time and was based upon the needs of the institution at the time for increased equipment and higher remuneration for the teaching staff. America entered the war, however, within a short time and the plans were dropped until last spring. When the Committee began work again, the first step was a full study of the University. This investigation was made by members of the Committee and graduates during the Old Grads' Summer School in July. Every department...
...war has emphasized the need of the development of industrial chemistry. Scientists also say that the greatest opportunity for scientific developments within the next 25 years lies in chemistry. It is important to build up the chemical department of the university; for the purpose of employing new professors and instructors; an endowment of $1,000,000 furnishing $50,000, is necessary...
...entering class at Brown University promises to be an unusually large one this year, as over 400 applications for admission have been received to date. Every dormitory room has been rented, although Marey Hall which has been closed for the period of the war, has been reopened...
Frederick S. Mead '87, who is in charge of the University directory office and the University war records office has announced that the new directory will not include the geographical list as did the earlier editions. As the office receives in normal times more than 1,000 changes in its records in a single month, it is imperative that as little time as possible should elapse while the directory is on the press. The addition of the geographical list of University men would add to the time necessary for the preparation of the volume more than two months...
When the Union opens its doors to members of the University next Monday, for the first time since the war, it will be run on a club basis. So far as is known it will be a unique institution in that no other college in the country maintains a social club for which all undergraduates are eligible...