Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which is merely a suggestion for the men who eat in the Union to evacuate for one or two days before the dance. Otherwise it will be difficult to arrange decorations. Our dances have never been as elaborate as Yale Proms., but we have no right to ask fair ladies to come to any but a well-managed party. Doubtless they will feel even kindlier toward 1919 when they know that its members have gone foodless for several days in order that the Union could be shifted from a dining-hall to a palace of mirth and gaiety...
...their example, chiefly because younger men are not sufficiently developed. If the present system turns out the best possible army, and continues to do so, we gain by it. If, however, there is doubt as to its durability, or if men under age are as good soldiers, it seems fair to summon the latter, especially since they are less likely to have dependents. There are many between nineteen and twenty-one who have finished their education, but not really started their life work. Proof of equal ability, or a scarcity of older draftees, will bring them into the army...
...that it requires a good teaching staff; and it would be far from easy to secure the right men. On the other hand, any plan of this sort would have to be put in hand several months in advance, and I cannot believe that it would be impossible, with fair notice, to secure the men we wanted...
...seems well nigh impossible that in any of the great countries today a member of the Cabinet should be an active traitor. It is characteristic of France that no attempt is made to conceal the offence, but instead an honest effort is on foot, in the interest of fair play, to discover the truth of the matter, and to extirpate all interests that are not working directly for the complete success of French arms...
John Harvard's library, which was part of his bequest to the College, was destroyed by fire in 1764. A catalogue which was compiled under the direction of President Dunster of the College gives a fairly complete list of the books which the University's founder had gathered together. There were approximately 300 volumes in all. The Memorial Society is gradually collecting a library which, in a few years, will be a fair reproduction of the original...