Word: answering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...take the place of the men who have gone before, when Mars has given them up as a pawn, in the great game. The men at home are dropping the philosophical volume, the poets' lore, for the slide rule and the law of the chemist, in answer to the call of stern necessity. The arts are neglected while the sciences come into their own. And for the moment perhaps, this is best while Mars' cloud lowers on the horizon...
...office required him to undergo the rigors and risks of such an adventure--and he may have been needed at home--but he cannot fail to profit by the experience. His remark before the Senate committee that the war was 3,000 miles away, in giving an answer to the question why he had not moved more rapidly towards preparation, has been symptomatic of his state of mind. He can now realize what war at hand means and can make his further plans accordingly. The visit will do him good and through him the army and the country...
...instead of appreciating such kindness, the underclassman has taken the attitude that no activity, college or social, can exist without him. And so, haughty and proud of his supposed fame, like the "rah-rah boy" posters, pipe in mouth, he struts through the Yard sometimes even condescending to answer the greeting of the upperclassman. To say that this is true of all present Freshmen is of course absurd. There are many who stick to old traditions and behave as they should, but these pass unnoticed in the shadow of the aggressive prep-school star...
Twenty-one University and 31 Freshman baseball men reported to Coach Duffy in the cage yesterday afternoon in answer to the first call for fielding candidates for the two nines. Many of the men, however, who had already signified their intention of coming out for the teams did not report for the first workout yesterday...
...should have the right to judge whether there might not be some excellent reason for his not joining a college training unit. Such a man, it was said, should not be deprived of the privilege of athletic competition when he was preparing himself for service other than military. The answer to this theorem is a perfectly logical one; it is impossible to distinguish between patriots and slackers. No undergraduate or graduate wants to see the University represented by any man who is not doing his utmost toward his future usefulness...