Word: delaying
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of the present international crisis, passports have been issued to these men with no delay. It is possible that the ship will be convoyed through-out the voyage, but this is not definitely promised. The new men from the University will probably remain in Paris less than a week before being sent to the front. In addition to the unit from the University, the American Ambulance will send over about 20 men from other colleges. Another unit sailed with the Harjes men last week...
...would be well if we could put off till tomorrow what seems obnoxious today. But war will not be put off, not by the desires of one nation, nor the delay of its young men. Preparation against calamity takes long. Yet calamity itself comes suddenly, overnight. We are so near war now that the sinking of one American ship, the wanton destruction of American lives, would draw us inevitably into the maelstrom...
...fund is being raised by the graduates to provide for any immediate expenses incurred by the unit. This will make the regiment independent of Government appropriations and supplies, in case of either delay or shortage...
...possible, as so often happens, that men are holding back till the last day simply because it is the last day. There is no reason at all for such delay. The committee has many arrangements to make; it must have the class behind...
...subscriptions to the Class Fund are due before June 1, 1917, but as there are many immediate expenses to be met and the Class Day expenses to be calculated, members are urged to remit the memorandum of their subscription and their first instalment to the treasurer, Thayer 25, without delay...