Word: commander
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...raise the money for the new dormitory. The Yale Alumni Weekly says: "The stand of the present sophomores, unwilling to face a third year as campus outcasts and yet ready to put their shoulders to the wheel in the matter of providing adequate freshman dormitory accommodations, cannot but command respectful attention and applause...
...Department at Washington has appointed Captain C. Cordier to command the Harvard Regiment. There will be no drill today or tomorrow, but Captain Cordier will give a lecture in the New Lecture Hall tomorrow afternoon at 5.30 o'clock...
...ever presented. He gave two performances of "Hamlet" here 14 years ago and because of his pleasant experiences at that time and the extraordinarily fitting conditions under which the performance was given, he has expressed great enthusiasm in agreeing to bestow upon the University the greatest honor at his command, that of acting "Hamlet" in Cambridge for the last time on any American stage...
...democracy is in crying need of leaders; and no one is fit to command who has not had his preliminary discipline in obedience and co-operation. It is said that obedience weakens the character; but that is true only if it is blind and unwilling. Look at Switzerland. It is said that military training develops too far the pugnacious instincts, which should rather be lulled to rest. Again, look at Switzerland. No passion is made more unruly by being instructed and self-conscious; the reverse is true. A course of lessons in boxing adds nothing to the likelihood that...
...cited in the Order of the Day for brilliant service. Such a citation automatically carries with it decoration with the "Croix de Guerre," which has already been conferred on two Harvard men in the section, H. D. Hale '13 and A. G. Carey '12. This section is under the command of Lovering Hill '10, and many of the drivers are Harvard men. It has entire charge of the work in that section...