Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...forget this purpose, even in the time of greatest bitterness. The hideous thraldom of militarism and junkerism, of Hapsburg and Hohenzollern, can no longer be endured. The age of Caesars and Napoleons has gone. German dreams of world conquest are an anachronism, and to safeguard progress we must defeat the German Army. But let us remember, paradoxical as it may seem, that in doing so we are helping to liberate the real Germany...
With the securing of second place in the intercollegiate championship meet, the University fencing team concluded one of the most successful seasons it has had in past years. Victories were won over Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, Bowdoin, Pennsylvania and Columbia, while the only defeat in a dual match was suffered in the meet with Yale. Yale was later defeated in the intercollegiate meet...
Captain Russell was, of course, the mainstay of the team, although he was tied for third place in the individual rating in the championship meet by E. R. Gay '19. Gay also had a creditable record for the year, being the only man in the intercollegiate tournament to defeat Captain Jeter of the Navy, who won the championship...
Captain W. H. Russell '18 was not up to his usual form, losing three matches on Friday, but showed much improvement the following day, when he defeated the Yale captain, Pflieger. He tied with Gay and Allison of Columbia, the only man to defeat all the University fencers, for third place, with nine bouts won and three lost. R. G. Crimmins defeated Pflieger and had a final record of eight victories and four defeats. The standing of the teams was as follows: Won Lost Navy, 27 9 Harvard, 26 10 Columbia, 18 18 Yale, 16 20 Penn...
...pride of Germany must be bitter and frustrate when she knows that against her are allied all the great freedom-loving and self-governing Powers of the earth. Will she find her own defeat worth all the blood and iron it cost her, all her wrecked fortune, her ruined strength...