Word: works
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Comite France-Amerique" has done much work since its foundation and numbers among its members President Lowell, President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, and Mr. Robert Bacon '80, former French Ambassador...
...took over a great many tasks that were demanded of it and the fact that it did not accomplish every one in a manner to bring praise from everybody cannot be a very serious fault. Often the work of the organization is condemned because one secretary was taken as an example of the remainder of the men in France. When it is considered that there was supposed to be one secretary to every five hundred soldiers the impossibility of every man measuring up to the standard set by the soldiers is seen. Think of the films that have been showing...
...something started, to establish the many new boundaries according to the will of the peoples in question, to put the German people to work to pay off some of the debts they owe, those are the vital interests of the moment. Bankruptcy is facing England, France, and Italy. The delay of the peace terms means the prolonged mobilization of their military and naval forces, and that means just so much additional expense. Under such conditions, it is natural to blame the other fellow with the result that the spirit of friendly co-operation may be lost...
...York, Colonel Roosevelt's life long State, has set the example which other governors are following in rapid succession, the Governor of Rhode Island being the first of the New England governors to set the day apart, by formal proclamation for services commemorative of the life and work of the great American. A committee of citizens headed by Mr. Taft, Secretary Lane and Cardinal Gibbons has called upon the governors to join in making the day a truly national memorial, and today came a wireless message of approval from President Wilson...
...majority of the colleges throughout the country have long recognized the importance of physical training, in theory at least, and made attendance at the gymnasiums more or less compulsory. This would be absolutely necessary if physical training and athletics were to be put on the same footing as the work of other departments. Moreover if attendance upon gymnastics or athletics were compulsory, participation in these exercises should be required, and if required, credit should be given for the effort made, the work done, and the results attained. Otherwise attendance would be a farce. Here is the rub, and when...