Word: farness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...far these raids have been unsuccessful in any permanent advantage. A few prisoners have been taken, but no dent has been made in the lines. The raids have been generally repulsed with heavy losses. The Prussians are paying dear in their search for the elusive weak spot. We pin no faith on their ability to find...
...service. No longer will the infantry in an "attack" upon a position be forced to depend for artillery preparation and support upon red flags waved from hilltops. Real artillerymen will be present with real guns, the opportunities for practice in liaison will be great,--but this is as far as the advantages run. Practically speaking, the actual gunners will mean no more to the infantry than did the red flags, unless, of course, they set up a real barrage, which would be quite out of the question. It is true that the simultaneous working of the two arms would...
...training camp there must be remembered the fact that all colleges are not advancing at the same rate nor devoting the same amount of time to military training. If the units of different institutions are to work together, it is inevitable that some will be forced prematurely into too-far advanced work or that others will necessarily be held back. --Yale News...
...There was no hazing,--it was unnecessary,--but the Freshman respected the upperclassman and treated him with consideration. In those days the Freshman was rarely asked to Boston dances, and when thus allowed to mingle with older men he knew how to keep in the background. So far, this year's extra hospitality has been misspent for, instead of appreciating such kindness, the underclassman has taken the attitude that no activity, college or social, can exist without him. And so, haughty and proud of his supposed fame, like the "rah-rah boy" posters, pipe in mouth, he struts through...
...America's prospects in the all are not a subject for free discussion, but we may go so far as to say that those in charge of our aerial program have in eight months accomplished more than our allies could have expected...