Word: directed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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What the President has called on Secretary Wilson to do is tore-form his department and align it with the needs of the army, the navy, the nation. The new establishment will include a countrywide system of labor exchanges, all under one direction; a plan for the adequate training of workers, as agency to direct the supply of labor to the industries essential to the public welfare, instruments for the adjustment of disputes and machinery to safeguard workers at their tasks and in their homes...
...Waters, physical director of the Cambridge Y. M. C. A., will take charge of the swimming; Coach Sam Anderson, ex-world's champion welterweight wrestler, will direct the wrestling squad; Coach Leslabay will take charge of the fencing; and Coaches Foley and Walsh, of the boxing. It will be arranged so that a man may enter all of these divisions...
...Hang on!" spirit which turns defeat into victory. The defence of Lucknow, the fight of the Bon Homme Richard, the squares at Waterloo, the Alamo, the peach orchard at Gettysburg, are examples of a spirit in which the American soldier has a share by inheritance direct, or by acquired collateral interest through adoption of our ideals and our citizenship. This trait of blood and breeding has been called upon in the present war; it will be called upon again, many times, and not in vain. We shall not be plagued with regrets over what we might have won, with...
...universal and the other to be continued. By injecting the rivalry of intercollegiate competition into the work of the R. O. T. C. 's, not only will training be undertaken more enthusiastically and thoroughly, but also it will become more widespread. Every effort to turn sports to direct advantage in military preparation is to be encouraged, for then increased practice in necessary tasks of war accompanies better physical development. Many grenadiers in many universities can now be developed to a high point of efficiency through the adoption of this new plan. Let competitions of this sort not stop here, however...
...most profitable way of employing the coupon is undoubtedly to use it for the purchase of war savings stamps, which bear 4 per cent, interest compounded quarterly, and Liberty dividends so invested offer the best, most direct and most immediate aid to Uncle Sam, who pays them. --New York...