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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Contrast this with the condition of mechanics who are giving equally of their best to win this war. They are not given even decent conditions under which to do their work. They rush to the yards and the factories in response to the call and find not only no place provided for them to live, but no protection from the sharks who take advantage of the demand for rooms and houses to raise all the cost of living. It is no wonder that we have a disastrous turn-over of labor. Nor is anything done to protect and care...
...best able to tell the truth is he most willing to face the truth--especially disagreeable truths about himself or the community he lives in. How can we correct errors if we will not even acknowledge them, or how can we acknowledge them if we will not even look at them...
...University's best chance to score was in the third inning, when T. H. Gammack '20 singled to centre field and reached third, only to be left there when R. P. Hallowell '20 was thrown out at first. Throughout the game Captain R. E. Gross '19 at shortstop, J. H. Ward '18 in left field, and Coolidge on first were the University's strongest players...
...University's chances will be affected greatly by the condition of L. B. Evans '20. If the ankle injured at Camp Devens on Friday is in shape, centre field will be occupied by one of the best outfielders that has played in Cambridge for several years. Evans is sure on a fly ball, has a very accurate, though not over-strong, throwing arm, and is even more effective on the offense...
...effective practice. Nevertheless, there remain the fundamental attractions of every Yale-Harvard game. The teams are equal in strength; the spirit is there; the undergraduates feel that the time for adding to our string of victories has again come. We welcome Yale as our guests. With many of our best men leaving next week for Government service, today's contest affords the undergraduate the one big game of the season. At no time in the near future will intercollegiate athletics be on as high a plane as now. Where today our team already feels the loss of many, next week...