Word: directing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...work of organizing ambulance units is new at Princeton but has taken a great hold on the students as witnessed by the fact that arrangements have been made to send over these 73 men very soon after the recruiting was first begun. The men will probably go direct to a French port, from thence to Paris, and after a brief stay in Paris will be assigned to various sections at the front...
During the afternoon the House debate dragged, but at night the discussion became more lively. It was marked by several disturbances of a personal nature. Congressman Burnett, of Alabama, while attacking Kitchin, found occasion to direct a remark to Congressman Heflin, from his own state. The two Alabama members commenced such a furor that it was necessary for Sergeant-at-Arms Gordon to raise the mace to quiet the disorder...
...ARROR, MICH., April 4.--The Michigan Athletic Board decided tonight to suspend all intercollegiate athletic contests for the remainder of the college year. Baseball, track and tennis will be the sports affected, but the coaches will remain to direct all interclass athletics. Military drill for 1,200 students was held tonight...
...produces in brave men an eagerness to be of immediate service. This is natural; it is good; but there is something better. The soldier's task requires patience in matters of which he cannot see the direct utility. Most undergraduates want to help the country in the coming conflict; but the Government itself has not yet formed in detail its plans for raising an army, or at least has not made them public, and the student is still more in the dark about the opportunities that will be open to him. Until he knows more he will do well...
...youths that the past is stored with object lessons of great value now. However, a few years of required Latin in school will not help us on the road. For all have future scholars they will only serve to waste the energy which might have been thrown into the direct study of Rome herself, of the splendor of her institutions, and the greatness of her sons. By all means let us continue to teach Latin in American schools, but let us not force it on those who might utilize their time to a greater advantage in other ways...