Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Under our present system, at the close of the war, we will not have an army; nor will England and France, already drained by almost three and a half years of war, have one. Yet we have undertaken to free Belgium, Poland and Roumania and to become one of the members of a league to enforce peace. How can we enforce peace or bring about a lasting freedom for those countries if we do not have an adequate army? If we should adopt the Swiss system we would have a large citizen army which could be called into action...
...clothing collection which is almost as large as the record collection of last fall and larger than that of the spring collection has just been completed by Phillips Brooks House. In all, 997 articles of clothing, 210 text books and about 400 pounds of magazines were turned in by the various collectors from the different dormitories. Among the articles of clothing were 110 trousers, 91 coats, 99 pairs of shoes and 113 shirts. The collection included almost every type of wearing apparel...
...second Freshman soccer game of the season, held on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon, the 1921 team was defeated by Andover by a score of 2 to 0. The game was hard and fast throughout, with the result in doubt almost until the end. This is only the fourth week of practice for the Freshman players, and their work showed raggedness and lack of finish, as compared with the better team-work of the Andover players. Captain C. E. Masters '21 played a strong game for the Freshmen, participating in nearly every play...
...University course for ensigns has almost completed two months of work. Its enrolment now numbers about 45, all the cadets being members of the University. The weekly schedule includes, in addition to the two hours of classroom work each day, instruction in the laboratory, visits to the Navy Yard and rowing in the five cutters that have been obtained for this purpose...
...each. They go through the Yard and study various kinds of ships and their equipment. So far, the class has devoted its time to the large battleships, the monitors and the armored cruisers, paying special attention to the anchor chains and tackle. The rowing in the cutter comes almost every Monday for an hour...