Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Corps will speak in Emerson D this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock under the auspices of the University Aeronautical Society. His talk, the subject of which has not been announced, will probably be on aviation, as well as on his remarkable experiences on the Western Front and in a German prison camp, from which he made his escape...
Congress, in passing a bill allowing the Government to seize all German-owned industries in this country, has struck a decisive blow against enemy capital. Its practical advantage is manifestly great. Many of the firms making material for war purposes are German-owned; it would be hard to believe that the owners have not often tried and have been able to slow up their production. With these firms in American hands they can be run to their highest efficiency and help considerably to swell the tide of supplies that must in the end overcome Prussian power. The opportunities for spies...
...closing Mr. Clark said: "One can not speak on any subject today without mentioning the war. I have three reasons for thinking we shall win: First, because the Allies deploy entirely while the German clings somewhat to mass formation; Second, because co-operation always wins against tooth-and-claw methods; and Third, because this is God's world, and He will not let it go to smash...
...submarine peril in a few months, but the average is as high as ever. Other miraculous war-enders have been announced since, and now we have an aerial torpedo which will level Berlin in the winking of an eye. If this is true, all the German spies have a fine opportunity to get the secret, as the inventor's name and address are openly published. If the invention comes to nothing, it is another case of hopes raised and then dashed, which is harmful to the spirit of the people. We have had enough of flamboyant stories of what...
Leaves of absence were also granted to E. V. Brewer, instructor in German, who left the University to enter the present Ensign School, and to C. G. Smith, assistant in Physics, who has left for Washington to do special experimental work in that field. The Corporation voted to allow Assistant Professor Robert Matteson Johnston, of the History Department, a sabbatical year...