Word: cool
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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More men are needed of this same cool, level-headed type. More training camps and more machines must be supplied. Our part is to supply men in such numbers that the slow wheels of a democratic government will be set in motion and the necessary equipment furnished. We must not fail to do our share in securing a powerful aviation corps if we hope to develop an army which will be effective on the battlefields of Europe...
...Yale, Harvard and Princeton offered nothing striking in the pivot position, although LaRoche of Yale is entitled to great credit for going successfully through the two big games as a last minute selection. Robinson of Harvard was a cool hand who made no mistakes, but seemed weak in interference. He added to his ball handling ability considerable skill in drop-kicking...
...other two backs, Hoffman and Benedict, are new in the line-up as regulars. Ryerson and Zander at the end positions are good men, but cannot fill those places as did Shelton and Eckley. Brown is at centre, filling the place left vacant by the graduation of Cool. The remainder of the team are veterans of last year's championship eleven. The line will be difficult for the University to penetrate, but the backs should not prove as dangerous as those of Barrett's team...
Garfield has proved the most consistent pitcher and has been cool and steady in facing opposing batsmen. Walsh and Watrous are disposed to be erratic,--being effective at times and treated harshly by hostile batters at others. Underwood has pitched little...
...Hermann Hagedorn has a sure and practiced touch. His "America to Europe" says much in its fourteen lines and closes with the memorable phrase: "And that to live at ease may be to die." Arthur Ficke has put into his "Irises" the sound of the "Passing water of the cool stream, Coming from afar," and leaves a faint impression of a passion for which the real Iris would be no solace. Augustus Lord's "By Autumn Seas" is a manly utterance on the old theme of world desolation and the comfort of "Love's dauntless cheer." Conrad Aiken has solzed...