Word: generality
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clearer, more comprehensive view of the war, and the vital questions that it has raised. The lectures, we can feel sure, will be attended not only by the few who have the wisdom to seek additional opportunities for education, but by the many who want to increase their general knowledge, and to understand as well as possible the varied phases of the epoch through which they live. In past years the lectures at the Union filled this need to a large extent, but only with the closing of the Union came the realization of its value and the work...
Enough candidates have reported for the University and Freshman soccer teams to make the arrangement of a schedule possible, at least for the Freshman team. Although the material among the candidates for defensive positions is, in general, good, there is not much to choose from among the forwards, and several positions are open to men with or without experience. In addition to the schedule for the Freshman team, one is being contemplated for the University squad, although the latter will not be definitely decided upon until the candidates who are now out show that they are really interested...
...short but impressive talk to members of the class of 1921. His words were on the subject which he himself announced as "Prayer as a Fighting Force," and were partly called forth by the fact that last Sunday had been set aside by President Wilson as a day of general prayer for the success of our armies in France...
Bishop Lawrence stated, "I have at present a book by an American general on the training of soldiers, which says that prayer is a necessary part of a good soldier's equipment. Spiritual force is just as much needed as physical force. It was spiritual force that bought those bonds for five billions last week--the spirit of liberty, and the determination to maintain...
...impressions he gained of the Russian situation during his stay there last summer. "The country was on the very verge of political ruin and economic collapse. The army wouldn't fight, the workmen wouldn't work, and the government couldn't govern. The crisis was caused by four general conditions: the antagonism between the socialist parties and the bourgeoisie; the total paralysis of the government; the widespread demoralization of the army; and the economic chaos. Between the future fates of Russia lie only the Russian socialistic parties, led by men who for the most part, are not honest fighters...