Word: earth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...occurs to us that we might appreciate it more than we do. We might see in it more of an opportunity,--a chance for every man in the University to give and receive ideas on every subject on earth. This is a highly important part of college education, Undoubtedly such a chance was borne in mind by the founders of the Advocate, for those were the days when men got together and exchanged ideas, founded clubs, and ran papers. It is fortunate that some of the organizations founded then still survive else how should we have any at all? However...
...little of the nation--of all nations--are of perfect sincerity, and sometimes of a degree of emotion that almost chokes their utterance, but all are inadequate, all seem commonplace in the light of his own greatness, which has not died with him, which cannot fade from the earth, and which will, with time, inspire our orators and our poets to their highest flights...
Farewell, mighty hunter! You were the swiftest, cleanest and most valorous of your tribe. You pressed the hunt fearlessly and to its logical ends, not infantasy through the clouds, but in fact on this earth, where the consequences are. Innumerable and precious are the trophies. We place them at your feet. Would that there were demons of darkness and unrighteousness in the path you are now on. For you would slay them all and like it more...
...very Happy New Year; a year of peace and prosperity, of happiness and contentment. Long have we waited for the day when the booming of guns should no longer be heard. Now we have hopes that the destructive forces of war shall never again be employed on this earth. The coming of peace means the awakening of every ambition which has been lying dormant in every breast...
...lantern slides, diagrams, and numerous specimens on the lecturer's table. The subject deals with the chemical and mechanical wear and waste of the land, the actions of rivers, waves, glaciers, and wind, the origin and formation of mountains, plateaus, and valleys, the origin, actions, and effects of earth-quakes and volcanoes...