Excerpt from A History of the Work in the Washington, D. C., District: War Work Council; From July 1st, 1917, to July 1st, 1919 Two or three interesting and instructive series of lectures were arranged - one a series of five addresses by Prof. L. D. Bliss on the causes of the war, another series of informal talks on France and French ideals was given by Lieutenant J. Norton Cru, who before the war was instructor in French at Williams College, and a third series was given by various men high in the government service who ...
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Excerpt from A History of the Work in the Washington, D. C., District: War Work Council; From July 1st, 1917, to July 1st, 1919 Two or three interesting and instructive series of lectures were arranged - one a series of five addresses by Prof. L. D. Bliss on the causes of the war, another series of informal talks on France and French ideals was given by Lieutenant J. Norton Cru, who before the war was instructor in French at Williams College, and a third series was given by various men high in the government service who attempted to Show directly or indirectly the part played by the various departments in the business of government. Some Of the speakers in this series were Fred C. Butler, Director of Americanization, Department of the Interior, James L. Wilmeth, of the Bureau Of Printing and Engraving, Dr. E. F. Phillips, Of the Department of Agriculture. Among the most interesting Speakers were Mrs. Barnett, wife of General George Barnett, head of the Marine Corps, who gave a graphic account Of her experiences in the Chateau T bierry region, and Brigadier General E. L. Munson, who told of the aims of the morale division of the Army. Miss Katherine B. Davis talked at one conference on the work Of the Division Of Social Hygiene and presented the new film The End of the Road for con structive criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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