Word: decent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...from which we all spring. They undoubtedly have violated many of mankind's sacred laws, but they are human. When, crushed by the burden of insuperable odds, they shall finally turn their faces toward an honest peace, we must be ready to do our part in seeing that a decent consideration is given their proposals. In preparation for that time, we need not hurriedly condemn their every utterance. We should do better rather to maintain our traditional virtue of fair play...
...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...
Smileage is an expressive term. It represents the future pleasure and enjoyment of the men in army cantonments today. The problem of supplying decent recreation to the soldier in his spare moments is a serious one. The Y. M. C. A. has long recognized its importance in the building up of a healthy morale, and has given ample outlet to this instinctive desire in frequent entertainments. The Government has now seen fit to establish Liberty Theatres at all important training points...
There is an echo of a still remoter past in one of the contributions of Mr. Jayne, who really ought to stick to verse if he can't write decent prose. Here is a specimen that the late A. S. Hill should have lived to study: "It is not so much a respect for obtaining these rhymes that we feel, but rather that he is able to work them into a poem so facilely." This gem adorns an essay on "The Inimitable Ingoldsby Legends." Eventually, we foresee, Mr. Jayne will get round to the works of W. S. Gilbert...
...cannot be overdone. It is a common fallacy that the minute our soldiers reach France they settle down to a life of charging Germans, dodging shells, and eating Y. M. C. A. food. The truth is that the American soldier is off-duty more than on, and decent recreation is essential. Sending extra footballs for the athletic man is a much better Christmas present than a few pounds of chewing gum or similar trench luxuries. Such human gifts are always more appreciated than useless luxuries from a loving family...