Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...addition the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire before his death in France. C. W. Whittlesey '08, and G. Murtry '99, members of the "Lost Batallion" are the two men who have received the highest American honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor. They were decorated on the Boston Common by General Edwards in December...
...sole basis upon which the victory of the Allies and America can secure effective consolidation. It has become essential simply because without it the chaotic system of state sovereignty is bound to lead to further disaster. It implies simply the co-operation of international resources for the common end of peace. It may not destroy, but it will at least minimize the burden of armaments...
...Personnel was employed in classifying and placing three and one-half million men according to occupation, trade, scale, schooling, intellectual ability, etc. This committee also provided tables of occupational needs and of the specifications and personnel for the various trades. In this invaluable work the executive ability and common sense of the psychologist was of more importance than their special technical knowledge...
Over seventy-five men attended the crew meeting last night in the common room of Standish hall; Coach Haines and several alumni spoke of the prospects and work for the coming season...
...that he had been touched deeply by greatness and wore the mark of it with unconcern; not that he was the noblest friend of honesty and common sense and the ruthless foe of cant, unfairness, untruth and un-Americanism; not that he took always the most dangerous part for himself; not that he was a man of splendid human qualities; not for anything that can be set down in words, but for something to which his deeds and attributes and heroism all pertained--for himself we loved...