Word: actions
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Some of our soldiers disabled in action have already been sent home from the war zone to the United States and their numbers will be constantly augmented as the war proceeds. Our obligation to these men does not cease with their discharge from the hospital or even with the payment of their war insurance. We are moved to assist them to start an active and useful life from new beginnings not only by ordinary humanity, but by the confidence with which the men already crippled look to us for aid in this discouraging under-taking. Provision is already being made...
Captain Archibald Roosevelt '17 has been both decorated with the Croix de Guerre and wounded, according to word received yesterday by the War Department. The decoration was awarded for "gallantry in action," but the details of the engagement have not yet been made public...
...emotion which has opened these peoples' eyes to the starry sign. It proves that the awful events which are in progress in the world have entered the hearts and minds of all men. It is a token that the world is aroused to the necessity of vast and concerted action. Perhaps it is also an indication of the universal yearning for strong leadership. In the wreck of the reputations of generals and statement, in the poverty of great and commanding names, the common people seek a supernatural leader. To their eyes the skies are not empty. Let us hope that...
...University team has protested the wording of the subject for the annual triangular debate on the ground that the present form automatically gives the debate to the affirmative side. What action will be taken by Yale and Princeton is not yet known. At present the wording stands: "Resolved: That the Government in financing the war should obtain a larger percentage of its funds from taxes than from bonds." If the University's protest is accepted, as it probably will be, Princeton will have to modify the wording in some way, or, if no agreement can be reached, a new question...
Dean Briggs reiterated the statements of Captain Moore, and added that he could not remember a single action taken by the Athletic Committee to discourage minor sports. "While no special ruling was made concerning the minor athletics at the meeting of February 19, it was understood that a resumption of all sports was contemplated...