Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...number of recipients from 1915-1916 is noticeable, but not as large as might have resulted from the disturbing conditions. War or the immediate prospect of it kept many students from devoting all their energy to securing high grades. In spite of the imminent prospect of entering the conflict and the shortened final term, the standard has not materially fallen. The scholarships, in fact, are all the more valuable, in that they were won under distracting circumstances...
...these are already preparing for France. Another group, far greater in number, includes undergraduates whom the seriousness of the times encourages to strive for College distinction with greater eagerness. In addition to both these, another class exists, uninfluenced and unaffected. As the nation throws more energy into the conflict, and as every American becomes more involved in the fortunes of our arms, the average student must perceive a change in his attitude. The University will be made up to a greater extent of men who realize that they are enjoying both a privilege and a duty by continuing their education...
...answer may be found, perhaps, in the enormous geographical remoteness of Australia from the conflict. It may be hard work for Australia to see through the diameter of the each to a war in Europe. But Australia is nearer at least to England's part in the war than we are, and she stands to gain something important in the annexation of Germany's Pacific islands. It will be necessary to go deeper for the reason...
...aircraft. Bombing, reconnaissance and duelling have developed the speed, the capacity and range of modern aircraft. For the present, such progress is immediately turned to war uses, but in the future it will become a source of profit for a peaceful world. Although the destructive side of the present conflict seems most apparent, yet the constructive is ever noticeable...
Only now are some citizens awakening to the fact that in this war the whole power of the nation must be exerted. We cannot win victory in the conflict unless every atom of our energy is directed to one end. Mobilizing man power means more than putting armies in the field. It means that in all forges and shops, on all transportation lines, on all farms, the unified strength of every American will be exercised under competent guidance to the achievement of a common purpose. --New York...