Word: closer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...closer one gets to the front, the more religion must take on the form of service,--the giving of a cup of cold water, which in this case means hot coffee. I think of a typical dugout on the crest of a hard-fought hill, which we came to one evening about sunset. It was a battlefield but freshly taken from the enemy; the stench of the dead was still in the air, and the ground was torn and churned,--one horrid mass of blood-soaked earth, of twisted barbed wire and steel shell fragments, timbers and bits of concrete...
...local committee of the National Security League has expressed the desire that a large delegation from the University be present at the "Win the War Meeting" in Tremont Temple at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. Its purpose will be to arouse national enthusiasm and a closer interest in the war. The Hon. John L. Bates is to preside, and Governor McCall will speak. The other speakers are the Hon. James M. Beck of New York and Dr. John Douglas Adam. Mr. Beck is the author of "The Evidence of the Case" and other war documents. Dr. Adam has been...
...anticipation of a series of football games with nearby teams, a large number of men from the Harvard Radio School are practicing daily at Soldiers' Field. Because of the limited time at the disposal of these men for such activities and that closer supervision with more individual instruction may be had, Gunner McMahon, head coach, has but thirty men of a squad of a hundred report each afternoon. As yet the squad has been instructed only in the fundamentals but next week more advanced work will be undertaken...
...that the hour examinations are nearly over, and the usual final tests rendered unlikely because of the international situation, the temptation on the part of the undergraduates to drop College work in favor of other activities is very strong. Yet at no time should closer attention be paid to studies than at present. All those who are candidates for a degree of any kind this spring may feel reasonably certain that special examinations in their particular fields will be held before the regular time. They should lose no time in making such preparations and reviews as may be necessary. Less...
With a view to starting a Russian society with the purpose of bringing the undergraduates of the University in closer touch with Russian culture and ideals, there will be a meeting of all Russian students in Grays 35 tonight at 7.30 o'clock. Short addresses will be given by various men, and refreshments will be served. The meeting will be open to all those interested...