Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...began without a chance of reaching a home port have received, and as far as possible, carried out orders from the German Government to the effect that they be disabled so that for many months they would not be able to go to sea. The utmost that could be expected by these ships would be permission to leave port within a few days after hostilities began, Disabled vessels, not able to fulfill this condition, could expect no immunity...
...great achievement for a group of amateurs, and still a greater for their trainer. It is again surely no reproach to point out that these students have not the wide range of light and shade, with subtly adapted tone-qualities and suggestions of emotional depth that have come to expect from the best choral societies and professional choruses. Such flexibility and sympathy bespeak a mature view of life in general and familiarity with a large musical repertory in particular, which even fairly earnest students cannot usually attain in their late teens or early twenties...
...national organizations. Already special plans have been arranged to facilitate the members of the R. O. T. C. continuing their course, provided increased hours of instruction are added. All these preparations have been wisely made in advance. However, war has not yet been declared, and although we may expect it, such a declaration is not a certainty. Until the final step has been taken University business should go on as usual. Since there is a possibility of special final examinations being given in a short time, the present hour examinations ought to be considered more seriously. For some men they...
...salary of the teacher compared with that of the business or professional man has always been meagre, but the general scale of salaries is such that were it to continue, the College could hardly expect to attract teachers dependent for their support solely upon their earnings...
...Murray '10, assistant manager of the football team, has also left to take up avlation, probably for two months. J. Knowles '18, of the baseball team, and C. F. Fuller '19 also expect to leave for Newport News shortly...