Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Fairbanks even goes so far as to declare that General Pershing is "biased by his profession"; yet General Pershing advocates a standing army of exactly half the size recommended by a civilian Secretary of War, and certain civilian members of Congress...
...problem seems to be, how to have a professional military, without incurring the odium attached to it. It certainly is a big problem and it certainly is a big problem and it certainly is an enormous odium. Even a professional soldier wishes to avoid the odium of militarism, and so our army is to be that fine institution, a school! This certainly is a notable transformation...
Hats off to Lampy. Our worthy colleague has performed the impossible; it has made even more popular than usual that feature of every properly appointed household--the Cosmopolitan. From the delicate and tactful "take-off" on the late lamented Ella Wheeler Wilcox to the masterpiece of cartoonist art entitled "Woodruina" Lampy scores a decisive victory in the realm of humor. Of all forms of wit burlesque is perhaps the hardest to carry off. Nine times out of ten it falls flat simply because it is overdone. But the editors of the Lampoon knew when to stop, and therein lies their...
...only unsurmountable difficulty is the uneveness of the right margin. It seems extremely doubtful whether a machine can be invented which will produce even right margins in manuscript without a great loss of time. I think, however, that we will come to accept a slight unevenness in the right margin in the course of time...
...club predominates with members of the football squad. From the sentiment expressed by the undergraduates in regard to the need and advantages of such a club, the Executive Committee feels that it is filling a big gap in the undergraduate life and hopes that in the future even greater advantages and possibilities for its usefulness will be presented. In addition to a lounging room and training table for upperclassmen, the Freshmen have theirs, also, so that all undergraduates are represented in the "Y" Club...