Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...much heightened interest in the realm of science by the students. It was only after he announced, having allowed the proper dramatic pause to intervene, that Venus is a form of mussel which will be used for dissection purposes instead of the French snail, no longer procurable on account of the war, that the class settled down to the normal lecture room lethargy...
...Capture of Combles Ends Brilliant Campaign," was the headline The Charleston News and Courier placed over its account of that Franco-British victory. The phraseology gives one a start, but it is quite correct; this war has altered the meaning of words old as the language. It was a campaign for the possession of Combles; and this campaign was an incident of what? The battle of the Somme. What was a battle before this extraordinary war began? An incident in a campaign. What is a campaign now? An incident of a battle...
...football is just now uppermost in the minds of the undergraduate world, the article on "The Problems of the 1916 Defensive" is of primary interest. It is a sanely written account setting forth the prospects of this year's eleven in a way neither too pessimistic nor too full of early-season optimism. "En Route to Mexico," by Roger Batchelder '18, is the best of the two articles on the summer military expedition of "our boys," which with J. A. Goldthwait '17's. "With Battery A on the Border," forms a readable report of activities at the front. "Twilight Practice...
...present, 217 men have enrolled in the course, and it is hoped that the Freshmen and those men who were unable to enroll on account of the extra charge will bring the number up to 300. Owing to recent rulings, applicants can still be enrolled on petition to Professor Charles Pomeroy Parker...
Practice for the University football team yesterday afternoon consisted of the usual light post-game program. Moseley Taylor '18 was the only man who did not take part in the work-out, as he was excused on account of a muscle bruise received in Saturday's game. D. G. Lovell '17 was in Taylor's place at tackle on A and J. M. Franklin '18 at Lovell...