Word: authority
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...going to the R. O. T. C. summer camp. He declares in his own words that he "expects to work there with Lieutenant Morize." Colonel Azan is known to us all as the leader of the French Military Mission to the University last year, and as the author of a much-studied treatise on present war tactics, if not through the more personal contact of the lecture hall or drill field. And since he is so well known to us, we are fully aware of the fact that he is an officer with a keen military mind, and an excellent...
Professor Emerton is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the American Historical Association, the New England History Teachers' Association, and of the Essex Institute, and a corresponding member of the Institute Genevois. He is the author of several historical text books and studies of theological history, among which are: "Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages," "Synopsis of the History of Continental Europe," "Medieval Europe," "Desiderius Erasmus," and "Unitarian Thought...
...even for the trained hand, and in this regard Mr. Strout and Mr. Henderson have acquitted themselves remarkably well. Of the two stories the former is the more ambitious, and is, perhaps, partly on that account, the more uneven. The semi-detached prelude, in which for a moment the author intrudes in his personal capacity, quite unnecessarily, is not altogether in tune with the rest of the story. Despite, however, its occasional lapses into the immature and inept, the story as a whole is vividly and consistently imagined, vigorously told, and shows in several instances an acute understanding of human...
Since his graduation from the University in 1907 the lecturer has had a long experience in all branches of the aviation service. He is author of "The War in the Air" and other books of wide circulation. Since the outbreak of the war he has made several trips to the fronts and has performed many investigations...
...ruin by "a all slim dark-haired figure of a girl" whom he murders in a terrific final melee. The story is so formidable that few would penetrate it. The style is excessive in adjectives, adverbs, "color." and bold bad phrasing--at times a debauchery of words. Yet the author gives hints of power...