Word: problems
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...beginning of hostilities at Fort Sumter. He emphasized the great needs of the North at the time--men, munitions, money and diplomacy, especially the latter. England was against slavery, but she was also very much in need of cotton and opposed to the United States tariffs; and the problem of keeping England neutral was one of the hardest faced by the Administration. The policy of Seward, secretary of State, seemed to be to embroil the United States abroad, hoping thereby to bring about a reunion at home. Troubled by the actions of his chief minister, Lincoln was plunged into deeper...
...matter of common knowledge that the middleman's profits are responsible for the high cost of living. Here is a chance to apply a college education to practical purposes and solve at one and the same time the Seniors' problem, the Freshmen's problem, and the problem of the middleman. The Student Council should each year appoint a day on which Seniors and Freshmen should assemble in the Yard, whereupon mahogany desks and brass bedsteads might start upon another cycle to the mutual benefit of erstwhile and henceforth owners...
Among the more recent books of greater interest are "Chaucer and His Poetry," by Professor G. L. Kittredge '82; "Some Aspects of the Tariff Question," by Professor F. W. Taussing '79; "The Trust Problem," by E. Dana Durand, recently Director of the United States Census; "Essays in Social Justice," by Professor T. N. Carver; and "The Governemnts of France, Germany, and England," by President Lowell...
...Cornell Conference on International Relations which begins today offers courses of lectures which should broaden and deepen the view of any man, pacifist or militarist, in regard to the most fundamental and far-reaching problems of our times. The predominant tone of the Conference will be anti-militarist; but Congressman Gardner and General Wood will be present to give their views in favor of preparedness. It is the duty of men of all shades of opinion to acquire the greatest possible insight into the ideas of the thinkers who are giving all their time and energy to working...
Certainly no problem is of greater importance to the University. For a national character means greater influence upon the nation's thought and affairs as well as a broader atmosphere in the College itself. And the raised tuition fee has added to the difficulties to be solved...