Word: getting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whereas last year at this time there were vancant rooms in Holyoke and Walter Hastings only, this year there are seven suites vacant in Holworthy, 32 in Thayer, six in. Weld, three in Grays, 21 in Matthews, 16 in Holyoke, and two in Gannett. As a result students may get rooms at a lower price than even before because the dormitories in the Yard are open to them...
...treasurer and adjutant of the R. O. T. C., was made a captain in the Signal Reserve Corps shortly after the training camp broke up and has already sailed for France. He chose this commission rather than that of a major in the Intelligence Department in order to get to the front. His experience as professor of physics and his knowledge of wireless will be of great value to him in his new capacity...
...wisely planned (and it was planned slowly enough by those who are reputedly our wisest men) then the nation does not need in the work it has set out to do the services of men beyond the statutory limits. The first purpose of the draft law was to get the services of all men within the ten years prescribed. The second purpose was to relieve from those not called the stigma of failing their cause...
Yesterday the banks of Boston and Cambridge were kept busy well into the night filing applications. In many places the crowds had to wait in line before being able to get to the desk...
...those hopeless believers in despair who prefer at all costs to credit the worst, it is sufficient to say simply this: Either the camp is going to continue in practical conformation to original schedule or not. If it is, they have nothing to worry about, for they will get what they expected. If it isn't they have either learned a great deal which is of unforgettable value, or they haven't. If they have, they have nothing to worry about, for they are the possessors of wisdom. If they haven't, they are incontestably stupid, and would learn nothing...