Word: concern
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...have made it of primary importance to men who do not use other clubs. For this reason it is not desirable that the Union should be thrown open at any time to every student whether or not he shows enough interest to join. Its internal affairs must remain the concern of its members. This is why, under the new plan, the Undergraduate Committee in charge of administration is very properly elected by the members alone. In place of the old series of four appointed committees whose personnel was without responsibility's the members, the supervision of the club will...
...beginning, of the world's troubles. Europe, with more reason, regards the dangers as still in existence. France has today a population just half the size of Germany's; and her industrial system is still largely in ruins. Hence it is only natural that she should look with more concern upon infractions of the Treaty, and, she argues, if Germany is willing to commit such infractions now, what will she be prepared to do ten years hence...
...addition, the workers of America have a deep interest and concern in the Labor Draft Convention of the treaty and in its purposes to raise to a higher standard the conditions of life and labor among all the peoples of all countries. Its cardinal declarations and provisions are: that labor should not be regarded as a commodity; that the eight-hour day and the forty-eight-hour week are standard; that there shall be one day of rest, preferably Sunday, in each week; that child labor shall be abolished, and continuing education for young workers assured: that men and women...
This attitude has caused much speculation on the part of college men throughout the country, as evidenced by the editorial concern of the leading eastern and middle western college dailies. The different views presented are interesting. Some believe that it is the result of the war and unsettled conditions, other attribute it to the tendency in recent years toward too many social activities, while a few hold that the modern college student comes to his Alma Mater without any definite purpose and never acquired one, or as one editor puts it "college-bred seems to mean a four year...
From 1901 to 1909 he was vice-president of the National City Bank in New York, and from 1909 until within a few months he was president of the same concern. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the American International Corporation and is a director of a number of other large corporations. During the war, Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury Department, placed him in charge of the war savings campaign. He has recently resigned from his place at the head of the National City Bank and has severed many of his business connections. He is the author...