Word: descent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...befog any possible intelligent consideration of issues. Let us discuss industrial representation in government instead of "soviet" government and cease this business of giving a dog a bad name and hanging him for it. As they used to ask, "Do you believe in man's divine nature or his descent from monkeys?" So now they ask, "Do you believe in American or Soviet government?" It should be the distinction of college men above non-college men, as trained thinkers, that they rise above such labelling...
...Citizens' of Foreign Birth or Descent Liberty Loan Committee of Boston is anxious to secure a dozen or more University undergraduates to assist in the work on the next Loan drive. Ability to speak foreign languages is not necessary, although it would be of great aid. The greater part of the work consists of arranging and sorting out circulars and applications, etc. Last fall and spring valuable assistance was rendered this committee by a similar group of students. The next campaign will not start until early April and will last about four weeks. It is for this time that...
...form as clear an opinion as possible of the confused situation there. Among other topics upon which he will touch this evening is the scope and character of the German propaganda in Russia. In connection with this point, Dr. Mott has proofs that hundreds of people of German descent have been given United States passports to Russia, and are there actively engaged in spreading broadcast the pro-German influence...
...Liberty Loan Committee working among citizens of foreign descent in Boston is looking for men who can spare about two hours a day at times suiting their convenience during the next two weeks to assist the machinery of the campaign among those citizens. The work will not consist of actual canvassing nor speech-making, but in directing and encouraging the efforts of the local committees. This will give men who are not in active military service and those who cannot buy bonds an opportunity to aid materially in this government movement...
...scene of the play is laid in Poland during 1914 and 1915, when the Russian armies were retreating across the country. It deals with the rivalry of Tadeusz Bolski, an American of Polish descent, and Sasha Polivanof, a Russian recruiting officer, for the hand of Vanda, a beautiful Polish girl. It shows the destruction wrought by the retreating armies, and the aid rendered the people by the American Relief Committee, for which Tadeusz is the agent...