Word: calling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Moreover, in our foreign relations we must maintain a national integrity. An Eastern invasion of Russia, no matter how strong the call of necessity, would indeed involve a breach of faith. We have no quarrel with the Russian people. A Japanese army, at the most, could penetrate but a few of the many miles toward offering an active opposition to the Central Powers. A Japanese invasion could only be a blow in the dark at Russia, a nation convulsed in the enormity of its own problems, certainly not an enemy of the Allied cause...
...felt keenly the downfall of Russian resistance. We have good cause to deprecate a policy which not only leaves a whole nation in the chaos of anarchy, but endangers the success of our arms. Yet, despite all this, there exists no reason for our press to pour abuse and call down hatred upon that people. For in what period of history has a single race been face to face, at one and the same time, with a great foreign war and a complete overthrow of all institutions? The Russian situation is indeed unfortunate, but it demands for its understanding...
Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants will call at the Armory shortly before 7.30 A. M. on drill days to receive rifles for use at bayonet practice, and will immediately after drill return them to the Armorer. P. W. LONG, Captain and Adjutant...
...died for France. This boy of ten years lived in this village for four or five days--God knows how he lived. He was found by a colonel of a regiment of Zouaves. The colonel took the lad and kept him with the regiment. He was what we should call a mascot for them. The lad lived with them for three months in the trenches. At the time of the Italian retreat these Zouaves were ordered to Italy. The colonel took the boy back of the lines and left him with some sisters. These good women provided for the orphan...
...unusually small number of both University and Freshman oarsmen reported at the Locker Building for the first practice of the season yesterday. Only 50 men from the upper classes answered the call, as compared with 70 last year and 108 the year before, while for 1921 the showing was still more meagre, less than 45 candidates being on hand for the initial workout. However, as the crew work will not be allowed to interfere with the R. O. T. C. schedule, it is expected that the squad will be materially increased within the next few days. Candidates who come...