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...opinion of this committee," the report concludes, "the attitude of the University, under the leadership of President Lowell, throughout the war has been beyond reproach, and the University has met every demand and every test successfully. It follows also that the plans for the future are being sanely, calmly and intelligently worked out under President Lowell." After summarizing the progress of military instruction at Harvard during the war under the Harvard R. O. T. C., and the Student Army Training Corps, the Naval S. A. T. C. and the U. S. Naval Radio School, the report reviews the record...
...Government will then seek new men to overtake England in the progress of flying. Their will be no scarcity of pilots; thousands will learn to loop and dive if given the chance. But places for good aeronautical engineers will be more difficult to fill. Until the demand for them is satisfied. America cannot lead in aviation...
...United States is a young country whose energies have been devoted quite rightly to expansion and development within its own borders," continued Professor Roorbach. "American industry has been occupied with supplying American demand. There has been little need to compete with foreign markets. Europe has sought our raw materials, and our manufactured goods for export have been limited. Hence our large export trade has grown without effort on our part. Now that manufactured goods are being produced in such large quantities, we must seek markets in competition with other manufacturing nations...
...some long-haired European radical, but are caused by two entirely different factors. The first is the increasing pressure of the cost of living, which results in an unrest among the workingmen. The second is the growing feeling among the laboring class that labor is indispensable, and, therefore, can demand greater wages...
...gathered together to solve ourdemoralizing problem. The public's representation is highly significant. It is given a chance for protection against further absurd Capital and Labor relationships. Reduction in wage and price is out of the question. But an increase must not be. This is what the public must demand. At most there can only be a gradual adjustment to the present scale of wage and price. Retracing steps to the former standard of living would provoke a greater strain on society than adjustment to the present. Some agreement should be reached to remedy this discord in our national harmony...