Word: come
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Every Canadian university suffered to a greater or less degree by the loss of students, but that is only what was to be expected, and what the university authorities are glad to see. We have no desire to encourage men to come to the university when we feel that they should be doing their duty elsewhere, but we feel that the universities must be kept open for the sake of those who cannot go to the front for one reason or another, and also especially in the case of the Faculty of Medicine to keep up the necessary supply...
...time has now come when all such nonsense should stop. The President of the United States has asked that a state of war with Germany be declared and there must be no more talk of neutrality. The obvious and paramount duty of every loyal American is to bend every effort towards aiding the Government in preparing for war against a nation which has issued a challenge "to all mankind...
...Wilson delivered a momentous address before Congress, advocating that a state of war with Germany be declared. Congress will necessarily support the President and pass Congressman Flood's resolution, and by this action it will be fulfilling the ardent desire of every patriotic citizen. After the formal declaration will come the call for five hundred thousand volunteers, additional recruits for the navy, and then the marshalling of the nation's resources for the successful combat against the Hohenzollern government of Germany...
There are serious times ahead. Timid messages of caution or good-will are past. The Allies have had our sympathy and moral support for the last two years, but the righteous opportunity has come for us to change our attitude. From now on our every element of strength should be concentrated on the task of suppressing a military power that has long lost regard for the most fundamental and humane rights of other peoples. Sacrifices by American citizens must be made and they will be made readily and joyfully. Yet the sooner the American manufacturer, banker, professor, business...
...three acts, the plot centres about the clash of Hungarian customs with American ideals, the former represented in the hero, and the latter in the American heroine. Miss Loveman is a nature of Hungary, so that her local color and characterization come at first hand...