Word: eke
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...infallible instinct of Theodore Roosevelt has given us a name for all the shapes of treachery that squeak and gibber in the American streets and eke sometimes from American platforms. These are the shadow Huns, the forerunners of a solid flesh and blood reality--or blood and iron, as it prefers to describe itself. All flesh is as grass, and grass is a thing for which the German sword has no use, except it snatch at a few wisps to wipe its blade...
...sides one hears the complaint that during the winter season there is nothing to do. What reason is there for overlooking the many and varied forms of indoor athletics? Wrestling, swimming, fencing, and organized gym work eke out an uncertain existence, while any number of men, fitted for at least one form of these sports, remains inactive. Indoor athletics do not require the time and energy which the outdoor varieties consume, and there is no excuse for such indifference as undergraduates every year display...