Word: delirium
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...inevitable that, in spite of any ready made dictum of any national or sectional athletic organization, there would be football this fall. When the frosty delirium of autumn is in the air, and the southing sun shines on the goal posts of the stadium, we remember proud victories of the past, and no less proud defeats. Though the five continents be swallowed up in war, and the Kaiser twist his embattled moustaches a thousand times a day with the fierce conceit of conquest, still football will go on. As long as there is one ball to boot, and one goal...
...idleness of capable men, and in the reduction of efficiency through alcoholism. Turning to the curative methods employed by the state, serious defects were found, among which were the lack of provision for women inebriates, the need of adequate accommodation for men, and the necessity for special hospitals for delirium tremens cases...