Word: gone
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...only to find themselves incapable of keeping up with the work required. After using several methods the comprehensive examination system at present seems to be the most practical for determining the candidate's ability and at the same time for maintaining a high standard for college work, Columbia has gone one step further in adopting psychological tests as well as examining her prospective students...
...unexpected announcement of Professor Edward C. Pickering's death," said Professor Bailey, "brought instant response. Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory, telegraphed, 'A great, unselfish man has gone. Our flag is at half-mast,' Hale, Director of the Solar Observatory, Mt. Wilson, 'Am greatly shocked and grieved, and hasten to send sincere sympathy.' Klotz, Director of the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa. 'The world has lost one of its great astronomical lights, and deans of science.' Plaskett, Director of the new Canadian Observatory, at Victoria, 'The news came to Mrs. Plaskett and me as a great shock and deep personal loss...
...possessed courage which never flinched, an energy that knew no bounds and which in itself inspired all who felt it, and he was a patriot whose loyalty to his land his critics never ventured to assail. His fall sends a shudder through the world. A beacon light has gone out. A towering oak, a landmark age-old has fallen. Yale bows its head in silent tribute to this great American. YALE NEWS...
With the exception of a few men still in the hospital, the entire Marine Unit as well as the 200 remaining members of the Naval Unit were discharged on Monday. The officers of both of these units expect to be gone by tomorrow night. Davis Merwin '21, is the only member of the Marine Unit who has not been discharged. The reason for this is that he has not yet fully recovered from a combined attack of influenza, pleurisy, and pneumonia. He will be discharged shortly, but will not return to College until the fall...
...discharged by next Wednesday at the very latest, although this is ten days sooner than orders require. The officers who have petitioned for honorable dismissal from the service, however, will probably be kept here until about the sixteenth, but every trace of the S. A. T. C. will be gone by the twenty-first...