Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...discordant, terrible it was--it is, for it will ring in my ears henceforth--our tocsin! the tocsin of a hundred million people speaking one wrath and one purpose. It was, it is, our answer to the great gun in the woods of St. Gobain, shelling the churches on Good Friday. It stoops to no further mockery of argument or negotiation, yet says as definitely as human voice ever spoke "In the name of God and humanity, and of a just and permanent peace to a free world, NO TREATIES MADE THIS SIDE THE RHINE." --The Outlook...
...took up the work as commanding officer and carried the difficult task to a most successful conclusion. The problem was not a simple one, even for an efficient army officer. The men were not enlisted, but were voluntarily present for instruction. Discipline depended largely on their good will, and instruction had to combine the old fundamentals of the training of an American soldier and the new lessons of the western front. To those who appreciated the difficulties of the problem Captain Shannon made it all seen easy. In fact the work was easier for him than for most...
More than one company commander has told his men that no matter what their view of life in general might be, the work in which they without exception are now engaged is a serious business. It is serious for two very good reasons: first, because the manner in which it is done will determine very largely how soon the peace of the world shall be restored and founded on a durable basis; secondly, because it will mean for every man in service the unmixed happiness or lasting discontent of his later years whether or not he is conscious of having...
...sick-list" were delighted to receive as gifts from Robert W. Chambers, a number of good books, and a quantity of candy, which was secured only after special permission of the Committee on Food Administration. Mr. Chambers' son, R. H. Chambers '21, is a patient at Stillman. Since September 20, 112 men have been received, over ninety of whom have been discharged...
...work as closely as I have can fail to realize in how great a measure its success is due to the untiring devotion of the volunteer instructors who have taken up the task which many of them would have been glad to avoid, and carried it forward with conspicuously good results. They have given unsparingly of their time and strength, and it is highly unfortunate that the group as a whole should be pilloried for the slight mistakes which one or two may have made. It is furthermore unjust to make the inference that the recent reorganization of the Corps...