Professor Ephraim Cross, from the Department of Romantic Languages, City College, discusses language and the war. 

He calls the language of force the only language our enemies will understand. Cross discusses the role of language, once believed to be a divine gift of the gods, though unlike our other faculties, not a born trait. Language, he says, is a two edged tool - it can be used for truth or for a lie. He notes our ability to analyze and distinguish between truth and lies, from propaganda that is "socially refreshing" from that which confines our welfare.

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Professor Daniel T. O'Connel opens his talk with some general remarks about war.

He goes on to speak specifically about the role of geologists in the war effort. ...

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Robert I. Wolff discusses the significance of astronomy in the war and in the post-war years.

Wolff discusses the worldwide impact of the total war, and how astronomy ...

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WNYC announcer introduces Gill of the Department of Mathematics at City College, who talks about mathematics in the war.

Gill starts by talking about Archimedes to illustrate the ...

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WNYC announcer introduces program and Allen, Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at City College, who talks about Engineering in the Armed Forces. Allan talks about the ways engineering influences ...