Word: conservationism
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The names of many of the 50 pilgrims to her doors had a familiar ring, for they were names spoken in the White House a score of years ago, such names as Straus, Murray, Fish. But the number of missing names was a reminder of how completely times had changed...
So the first suggestion of Professor Davis: that inspirational teachers are a prime requisite in the conservation of the college more nearly approximates the truth. For no matter how much an undergraduate may thirst for knowledge in September, after some months he requires additional stimuli than his books can supply...
In 1898 he entered the Government service as Chief of the Division of Forestry in the Department of the Interior. He served twelve years, and during that time the personnel under him increased from 11 to 2,000. He became a favorite of President Roosevelt, who regarded him as one...
* The President's Agricultural Commission which worked last winter and the President's Oil Conservation Commission which has been busy most of the summe. are examples.
A conservative, one J. Sexton, M. P., remarked some what redundantly: "This is a thinly veiled attempt to pledge this conference to Communism." The Congress, however, cavorted after its spree of conservation; adapted the "shop committee" measure.