Word: almost
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...material--shells, grenades, rifle and machine gun amunition, discarded rifles, helmets--everything, in fact, one sees along those roads, though of course it is being rapidly collected by the salvage departments, sorted and sent back to salvage depot for repair, renovation, and reissue--for a use is found for almost everything, no matter how badly smashed and broken...
...Massachusetts Institute, of Technology, which may be taken as a fair example of a higher technical collegt, almost all of the men have been studying during the past two summers, with the result that the class of 1918 was graduated last January, and the class of 1919 received their degrees ten days ago, and almost all of its members are already in the service. Thus, Technology has been able to place well grounded engineers at the disposal of the country eight months ahead of the regular time...
...believe I wrote you a little note some two weeks ago--promising to write more fully almost immediately--if not sooner--and there I've allowed all this time to slip by with never a word. But--when you get this--you will allow your mind to slip back through all the weeks that will have elapsed since my last hurried little note, and recall some of the things that were heralded in the papers of the 15th to 22nd of July you will perhaps see why I did not keep my promise more punctiliously--for you will recall that...
...vast changes with which American universities begin the year 1918-19 are revolutionary. Where a year ago the academic life of the nation was becoming an active aid in the prosecution of the war, it is now a distinct part of the government's military machinery. Harvard, together with almost 400 other colleges and universities is a changed institution. This new character is to be welcomed as a notable advance in the service to the nation...
...past. There will be no impressive Stadium exercises, and out of a class of five hundred only half the Seniors will be on hand. Last year we had a war-time ceremony, but Plattsburg was emptied for the day, the first marshal was on hand, and the day passed almost as in normal times. But the days of Plattsburg Training Camps are over; the Seniors of 1918 are scattered broadcast in the different branches of the service and very few will be present on Tuesday...