Word: come
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When it was decided to change the place of meeting from Buffalo to Washington, it was felt that the opportunity to come in contact with the important daily developments and the men in charge of the conduct of the war would be of great educational value and a new inspiration to men from other parts of the country. With the increasing strain of the new commissions which are filling the city and the new problems which are coming before the government, the postponement of the meeting has been deemed the part of patriotism...
...Washington who originally favored the meeting, and the Harvard Club of that city still tender their hospitality in the event of a further change in the plans. They agree, however, that in the event of a national crisis at that time it would be difficult for the clubs to come together...
Passing over a couple of poems, one of which, "The Hours Between," has a certain tenuous charm, we come to "Aunt," a fairly successful character study in the conventional English A manner, and to "A Farewell to Epicurus. The latter is a skillfully-phrased and academically admirable poem of Mr. Hillyer's, but somehow lacks the verve and passion of most of his verse. "The Wound," a little further on, by Mr. Wright, is without a doubt the most striking thing in the number. Reminiscent as it is of the work of a contemporary Irish writer, it still...
...that we might wage war, should we be compelled by undesired necessity, with money and munitions, the money to be lent at a fair rate of interest, the munitions to be manufactured at a fair profit. For a month now we have been at war, and our nation has come to realize that some bravery is to be demanded of it, some sacrifice, some fortitude of spirit. Not by iron alone, but by blood and iron, will we win victory. That blood must be of our best...
...present tuition fee of $150 cannot be raised, because it would mean the loss of students who should be encouraged to come, able men from distant parts of the country who want to come, and whose attendance makes the school a national school, but who cannot assume additional expense for tuition fees. The loss of such men would necessarily mean a weakening of the school...