Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the Germans planned their invasion of France the physical geography determined their lines of approach. When actual fighting took place the physical features became of the greatest strategic importance. The east-facing escarpment in France formed natural defenses of Paris. In the effort of the German army to approach Verdun from the east fully 500,000 men were sacrificed in trying to capture the heights east of that city. The war became a "War of Positions". The topographic situation of each town was important. The position of the Chemin des Dames was important because of its elevation...
...days. Then, anyone who employed it would have been looked upon with well-founded suspicion that he was shirking his duty. The best only was expected, and the best was given unhesitatingly by all. But as President Lowell warned the Freshmen earlier in the year, "the great moral effort which this war has required will surely be followed by a period of moral lassitude...
Authorities at Yale are making every effort to stimulate interest in both major and minor sports among the undergraduates. Their chief difficulty lies in the fact that many experienced members of the Athletic Association are absent, and in the present lack of funds to carry on the athletics. However, the first crew practice was held last Monday, and the hockey team has been working for two weeks on the out-door rink. The manager has arranged for a game almost every week...
...University has been generous in the whole matter. It is our part to be generous in return. Out of justice to themselves and to the degree they will be awarded we feel that men who are in a position to complete their training here should make every effort...
...well as graduates of other technical schools, will in general be admitted to such advanced standing as their training qualifies them. The importance of general studies will be recognized as much as practicable in the programs but the work is intended to be largely scientific, and every effort will be made to stimulate professional interest and esprit de corps from the beginning of the Freshman year to the end of the course...