Word: faces
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conditions, both for Faculty and students, that have ever existed. It has been necessary to have two sets of special finals, both of which have had to take place on brief notice, giving the undergraduates wholly insufficient time in which to prepare. The remainder of the student body must face the regular examinations in a frame of mind little suited for earnest study. A large number are planning to enlist during the summer and think little about their college standing. Others who will return find the war an insuperable distraction. It is under such circumstances that men are called upon...
This afternoon the University nine will face the 302d Infantry of Camp Devens on Soldiers Field at 3.30. The visitors' lineup is not known, but a close game is assured in view of the soldiers' good record in the previous engagements of the season...
...improbable that with in a few weeks Germany may propose to make peace on terms that appear on their face reasonable and moderate. Such an offer might well beguile the Allies into a delusive peace. The peace would be delusive for unless the principle of militarism is destroyed, the promises would be kept no better than those broken in the past. Autonomy of other races would mean their organization for the strengthening of Germany; until she had control of the resources of a population of 200,000,000 for her next war. Such a settlement would be a mere truce...
...best able to tell the truth is he most willing to face the truth--especially disagreeable truths about himself or the community he lives in. How can we correct errors if we will not even acknowledge them, or how can we acknowledge them if we will not even look at them...
...Truth-facing, like charity, begins at home. The man who is able to face the disagreeable truth about himself has learned to face the truth about the community he lives in and earned the right to speak of it. And a community honest enough, courageous enough, and intelligent enough to face the disagreeable truth about itself is a community hard to beat in war or in peace. --Boston Globe...