Word: wars
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...themselves at the disposition of the governor for such duty as he chose to assign to them was prompt and earnest and it has been earnestly and promptly answered. The same spirit which led thousands of Harvard men to spring to the support of their country in the Civil War and the Great War has animated their answer to the call of public duty today. It is in truth one and the same duty, and the honor of the service is at bottom as great. Boston and Massachusetts owe much to the patriotism and public spirit of Harvard today. Boston...
...Numerous War Boards...
...January 1, 1918, Dean Gay was appointed Special Expert on the United States Shipping Board and on February 11, 1918, was made Director of the Division of Planning and Statistics and was engaged to supervise the reduction of imports that tonnage might be conserved for war purposes. At this same time he was appointed a member of the War Trade Board to represent the Shipping Board and to co-ordinate the enforcement of import restrictions. Subsequently he was made Director of the Division of Planning and Statistics of the War Industries Board as well as of that department...
...June, 1918, the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics was established under direct authority of the President, to prepare for him periodic reports on the war activities of the Government. From the opening of this work Dean Gay had it in charge as Director. Secondary duties of the Central Bureau were the correlation of statistical work of all government units, together with collection and dispatch of economic data required by the American delegates at the Peace Conference...
President Wilson has just appointed Dean Gay among others to represent the public at the national conference between employers and employees to be held soon in Washington. During and after his war service Dean Gay received many offers of executive positions requiring large responsibilities including the presidency of a number of American educational institutions. He will assume his duties as editor of the New York Evening Post on January...