Word: come
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...lines for one at the front the adage about the acorn and the oak is reversed to a large extent as regards war. The gigantic preparation that is necessary,--in ways of transportation, cantonements, supplies, etc., before we can really take care of the big armies which are to come in the next few years, are almost inconceivable. My one constant hope is that the desire to enter the fight as soon as possible will not cause some of these preparation to be hustled or slighted. Everything up front depends on the efficiency of the forces in the rear...
...developing just the traits of character and strength of muscle necessary to exterminate the Boche. Oh, the Germans are afraid of them. They know what lies in store for them when the English, the Canadians, or especially the Australians are opposite them, and in the still small hours they come sneaking over singly and in pairs to give themselves up. Which is what every sensible Boche ought to do right now,--in my humble estimation. Unfortunately very few of them are sensible...
Plainly the Advocate board is print-mad and over-endowed with the price of typesetting. Plainly they are bent on assassinating their own reputations. Most plainly of all, they do not realize that war should not worsen the Advocate. Standards of any college magazine at this time should come up, and easily could come up. Many men in College--even Freshmen--are writing good stuff about brothers under wooden crosses, and about the ambulance work that they have done; many men in English 5 and English 12 and English 31 and English 6 could give lessons to these editors...
...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
...merely a suggestion for the men who eat in the Union to evacuate for one or two days before the dance. Otherwise it will be difficult to arrange decorations. Our dances have never been as elaborate as Yale Proms., but we have no right to ask fair ladies to come to any but a well-managed party. Doubtless they will feel even kindlier toward 1919 when they know that its members have gone foodless for several days in order that the Union could be shifted from a dining-hall to a palace of mirth and gaiety...