Word: expectations
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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These men have no easy task,-- eight or nine hours of training is very little in preparation for so important an event. It is like having the Yale football game in the middle of October and expecting to see a finished football machine. Secretary Baker cannot expect too much; nevertheless, the new men by a little conscientious effort can do a great deal for the fame of the Corps and thus help make the Secretary's visit worth while...
...Stadium. Many have no guns, some are still in civilians. Felt hats will vie with derbies in the rookie's equipment. Guns will be at every angle, many of the men in each company will be out of step. All this is to warn the public not to expect too much. Yet the spirit is there. The members of the corps have been doing extra voluntary drill day after day. Five or six hours is the maximum the average have been under military dicipline and, keeping that in mind, the progress has been excellent...
...reduced size of the college, and almost reaching the goal of $5,000 which was set up for the collectors to reach by C. Canfield '19, in charge of the collection. Although the official competition has been closed, contributions are still being received, and some of the teams expect more gifts soon...
...part of the higher civilization of the world, the United States ranks alongside of Europe. For the time being that civilization is threatened by a lawless member. With so many savage races in the world, and so much rich but undeveloped land, it is perhaps too much to expect that this will be the last war. But with a common purpose between this country and the allied nations of Europe, it may well be hoped that the defeat of Germany will mark the end of war in Europe for all time. This is the justification for America's entrance into...
...Dana. Why? In most walks of life a man who fails to make good loses his job; and what failure can be more disastrous than a moral failure? No man can assail the national policy now without aiding Kaiserism. No man can counsel youth to disobey the law and expect to escape the consequences. New York World...