Word: ablest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whether this should be accomplished by the means of scholarships, by government aid, or in some other way, France has not yet decided but the ablest men of the country are now at work on the problem. The war taught France that education has passed from a luxury into a necessity. When early in the war, thousands of our officers were killed, we were forced to call on men from civil life and, naturally those best educated, best filled...
Although religious in purpose, the conference is not what is generally understood as a revival. Its object is to discuss matters in an informal way with some of the ablest men of this country and with representative students from various American colleges. These quiet, personal talks on subjects of interest to every undergraduate are the chief justification of Northfield...
Throughout the day, Dr. Story will be glad to interview any men in Phillips Brooks House, who are desirous of doing reconstruction work in Russia. The Y. M. C. A. needs about 75 college men to enter this work, and is now looking for the ablest men of this type to send to Russia and the Balkans. A great many students have already made appointments for interviews through H. M. Thurston...
...glance at the pamphlet of courses, with its "omitted in 1918-19" extending over page after page in almost unbroken sequence, shows to what a great degree the faculty is depleted by the necessities of war work. And from the faculty already minus too many of its ablest men the continued demands on it are being answered with startling frequency by new leaves of absence...
...best speech of the evening was made by Taylor of Princeton, but the local team was unable to destroy the Yale defence. On the affirmative side, the ablest speakers were Irons and Mag, who succeeded in turning the decision in their favor...