Word: distinct
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is a distinct war note throughout a great number of the courses. Most directly so is the military course of six-weeks intensive training, three weeks in barracks and three weeks in camp. Other courses of war interest are those on Regimental Supply Service; Problems of the war, given in part by President Lowell; Principles and Methods of War Relief, a course designed to train persons for Home Service under the American Red Cross; Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, for the training of those intending to enter the Navy or the mercantile marine. Particular attention will be given...
...insurance and Liberty Bonds. What can the average private have left for entertainment? The commander of Camp Lee writes, "Such men, and we have thousands of them, certainly deserve to have their if troubles and worries occasionally erased by such recreation as the theatre furnishes." This movement is distinct and apart from the Y. M. C. A. The latter has enough of a burden of its own, and yet nobody will deny the need of the theatre in our camps...
...great Slav Empire, relieved of the iron bonds of autocracy, has begun a disintegration. Its national elements, the Poles, the Finns, and the Ukrainians, are turning away. The enemy is at the door. The outcome in doubtful. Yet the ultimate establishment of the independence of those distinct peoples is not too much to be hoped...
...America take heed. Let us sacrifice our petty criticisms to the need of maintaining a united front. The English political genius will no doubt solve the present problem. Yet the occurrence of the break means a distinct loss. Although America might patch up like internal difficulties, it nevertheless can not afford to risk a disorganization such as is threatening England. A house divided against itself must surely fall. Stand intelligently behind your government and avoid that criticism which breeds dissension, political discord, and the poisoning of our entire effort...
Every attempt to combine military training with sports deserves encouragement. At present, two distinct movements are being started to accomplish this bayonet combat and rifle practice. In both of these the keenness of athletic competition can be used to further development in the arts of war. Recreation and exercise are by no means checked, but rather turned in such a direction as to be more useful at the present time. As most of us must learn before long how to handle a bayonet, we can have no better chance to become practiced in the art than now. Not only...