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Bells tolled in the Yard yesterday morning in tribute to the memory of Vic Ehler, the same bells which Vic rang for so many years to awaken generatons of Yardlings and call them to church...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chapel Bells Toll in Yard In Tribute to Vic Ehler | 4/14/1942 | See Source »

...Japan with Russia, William S. Howe '10, former member of the United States consular service in China, pointed out how the military strength of both countries had been underestimated. Howe criticized the Japanese strategy which called for the attack on Pearl Harbor and said that it did more to awaken and unite our people than anything else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forum Discusses Japan's Strength | 12/16/1941 | See Source »

...must nip the movement in the bud. I call upon the College to awaken from its apathy before it is too late. We may one day walk into the Indoor Athletic Building to find that one lane of the swimming pool has been reserved for the R----e sea serpents on the grounds that their swimming facilities are inadequate. But, to return to the problem at hand, we must face the broader question: Why give them books at all? My contention has always been that women should be modestly busy in the kitchen or modestly idel in the parlor. Would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...when an alarm rings in, the well-oiled mechanism speeds into high gear without a check. At night, the men can awaken from a deep sleep, jump into their "night rig," scoot down the pole, and be away with sirens screaming in 26 seconds. Every motion has been carefully studied to see where life-saving minutes can down. The rescue squad, with first aid equipment, goes out on all alarins. Sometimes it in called by doctors who need oxygen immediately for, heart cases; suiciden, drown longs and gas victims always rate the rescue truck manned by experts n accident work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 11/7/1941 | See Source »

...great climax of the President's speech was his declaration of a national emergency, yet when commentators pondered the declaration, it was apparent that the effect was mainly psychological: to awaken the U.S. to the immensity of the world crisis; he already had, under the Constitution and the limited emergency, vast powers not yet used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Acts and Intentions | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

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