Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...worry about your son, your brother or your sweetheart who is in the Army. He may perhaps be killed or hunt, but there are 96 chances out of 100 that he will come back to you--and in the great majority of cases he will be better physically, mentally and morally for his experience. Galesburg Evening Mail
...only will training be undertaken more enthusiastically and thoroughly, but also it will become more widespread. Every effort to turn sports to direct advantage in military preparation is to be encouraged, for then increased practice in necessary tasks of war accompanies better physical development. Many grenadiers in many universities can now be developed to a high point of efficiency through the adoption of this new plan. Let competitions of this sort not stop here, however, but include all others in which it is especially necessary for a soldier to be experienced. Wall-scaling, rescue races and bayonet contest should...
...winner. But if a voter were to take all the recent campaign speeches seriously, he would have difficulty in seeing which way the wind blew. One man deserves success at the polls today above all the rest, since he is the only one who promises to give Boston a better municipal administration than it has had for years. That man is Peters. IT is he whom we want to see as the next mayor of the city across the river. We, too, have picked him as the winner because he is the best...
...seems so useless as preparation for battle, the result is that men become careless about the whole matter. This is a very unfortunate mistake, as close order drill is absolutely essential to proper training of troops, and the more expert a man is in this work, the better and more desirable soldier he will make. In the British army, a body of troops begins squad drill as soon as it is sent back for the "long rest." It inculcates discipline, and tends to a perfection and unity of organization that are necessary in battle. --Daily Princetonian
After the war Russia will need outside help if she is to develop according to her possibilities. America is in a better position to give this help than any other country. First of all Russia will need engineers and business men. It will be for the interest of this country as well as for Russia to increase mutual commercial relations. Already Russia needs machinery, tools, farm implements, manufactured goods of all kinds, boots shoes and clothing. Quite as much as South America, Russia stands forth as a great opportunity for the young men of this country. I hope...