Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...events the Aeronautical Society deserves the support of the University in establishing itself as a permanent institution, and it should be backed in its development, financial and practical, by the earnest co-operation of the undergraduates...
...preliminary meeting of candidates for spring football practice last night, more than ever before reported. This is of special significance, because it clearly shows that the University is in earnest in upholding her football traditions. In spite of the loss of Percy D. Haughton, Yale and Princeton may in no way anticipate capturing the laurels from Harvard next fall...
...England thinks that America has made a great earnest sacrifice and that now the two countries must stand together. The British would be amazed if we did not follow them up. Britain has not always been able to find her ideal leader but at this time she has found salvation in the man who is qualified to lead, more by circumstances than by the devotion of the intellectual classes. And to this choice the British expect to find a parallel in America's future conduct, for the circumstances are no less urgent and the end is far greater...
...Schenck was especially intimate with the undergraduate body, and spent much time and effort in earnest co-operation with them. As an undergraduate he had himself been president of the Advocate, and he was ever its staunch supporter throughout his connection with the University...
...universities after being deserted by the students were turned into officers training schools and remained barracks until three weeks ago. A change is setting in those institutions. The old sporting frivolousness is being replaced by earnest endeavor. I think the classics will dwindle and in their stead practical studies such as sociology, political economy, will be sought by these boys who have been in touch with the realities of life. Those officers who have been lucky enough to escape destruction with serious gravity bitten into their character, when they return to their studies will act as a leaven among...