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...which exist at their college are perfect, or whether they need to be reorganized or revitalized. No college man with red blood in him shuns competition with men who play the game squarely, and it is this type of man who is needed at Silver Bay this summer to maintain, strengthen, and give to others those high standards of thought, and action which Harvard has always exemplified. F. W. WILLETT, 1G.R
Under such conditions exchange and credit have lost voltage and in turn have paralyzed industry. The Labor interests feel that our nation can not with honor and humanity maintain a policy of isolation and disinterestedness from the distress and suffering of the peoples of Europe. Even if the necessity of the peoples of Europe did not have a compelling appeal, the interrelated economic interests of the world would prevent our limiting our attention solely to this hemisphere...
...that child labor shall be abolished, and continuing education for young workers assured: that men and women shall receive equal pay for equal work; that industrial betterments shall be enforced by proper inspection, in which women as well as men shall take part; that wages shall be sufficient to maintain a reasonable standard of living, as this is understood in each time and country, and that employees as well as employers have the right of association for all lawful purposes...
...only do the labor interests "feel that our nation can not with honor and humanity maintain a policy of isolation and disinterestedness," but they urge that America accept the treaty because of the sound progressiveness of its labor provisions. If the United States ratifies the treaty, through its approval of these labor clauses--all of them forward-looking but none radical--the standard of the workers' condition throughout the whole world will be improved and stabilized...
...part in concert with the other powers, toward solving the problem of the Near East. But our people, in company with the nations of Europe, have not been slow to voice their protest against the decision of the allied governments. For over a century the Powers have endeavored to maintain the hopeless anachronism of Turkish rule; and for over a century that policy has brought dissension and wars upon Europe, and terrible suffering upon the subject races of the Empire. It is time for new methods. By the recent Armenian massacres, if by nothing else, the Turk has demonstrated...