Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...replace the historic European structures which have been destroyed by the war. Among the interesting documents placed in the corner-stone were a copy of President Wilson's reply to the Pope's peace proposals, a Liberty Bond poster, and a record of Yale men in the present conflict. It is expected that the Harkness Quadrangle will meet the university's dormitory needs for many years...
Overconfidence has ruined very many fine plans. As in football, so in war, the side which becomes too sure of itself, or too contemptuous of its foe, is due for a fall. The natural result or our six months in the conflict, without appreciable casualties, without seeing the power of the enemy, and without the stimulating influence of a Zeppelin raid, is to create a feeling that we have an easy path before us. Newspapers have enlarged this misconception. Stories of the remarkable strides being made by our troops, of compliments paid to them, and of German prisoners' surprise...
...tradition of long standing with newspapers, and one, the humor of which they are phlegmatically unaware of, to feature by large headlines the news when a man who has had any period of training at the University gets into conflict with the law. He may have absconded, become involved in a fist fight, or had philosophical leanings toward the I. W. W. His sole acquaintanceship with the University may have been a semester while studying for the doctor's degree in Hindu mythology, a term at the summer school, or a season as assistant janitor's helper in Widener...
...managerships next spring, as candidates will gain valuable experience in all work connected with crew. The main things to be done are odd jobs around the boat house, a small amount of clerical work, and running the motor boats and steam launch. None of the time thus spent will conflict with military science or any other afternoon courses...
Nations are being made and unmade. Young men are the inciters of revolution, and the stirrers-up of conflict. By them are the annals of war ennobled. It is in the very nature of human passions that the young men of the College should find nothing in life worth more than...