Word: graved
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...devout disciple of parlementarianism will be delighted. The time for mob enthusiasm has long been past; and the organizers of this meeting are well aware of it. The time for sitting down and working on national problems is with us at this hour. The war with Germany is a grave problem. It was thought three years ago that the Allies could defeat Germany by starving her or through some other ingenious means. The thinking men now know that the Teuton is to be whipped only in a thoroughly military way, and the United States must contribute her share...
...difficult problems ahead of them. Although many unfortunately still regard the struggle in Europe merely as interested spectators attending a great pageant, Harvard undergraduates have continually heard the call to arms grow more and more distinct. Thus their change of attitude has not been sudden. The future promises grave problems and many hardships for the young men of the country. There is more harm than good in anticipating unseen dangers, but it is all-important to fortify ourselves with a serious spirit of undaunted courage...
Unquestionably college papers will bear a great deal of improvement. After a careful survey of the field, no intelligent reader will take exception to the Transcript's charges. But the remedy suggested involves grave dangers for it infers a misconception of the purpose of undergraduate publications...
Harvard has made one decisive step towards preparedness. More than eleven hundred men volunteered for military training in the R. O. T. C., thus assuming their share in meeting the grave crisis. But in itself this step was inadequate. Trained men are absolutely necessary, but by no means sufficient to ensure military strength. To be fully efficient they should be immediately available for service...
...narrative sketches in this number, Mr. Davidson's "Mr. Brodie Lapses From Virtue" is the most successful, and Mr. Ness' "On Hearing the 'Apres-Midi' of Debussy" is the most interesting. There are grave objections against any attempt to render the effects of one art in the terms of another, but the beauty of phrase and image in this carefully wrought prose poem is nearly sufficient to tease one out of thought and critical severity. In "The Ship" Mr. Low prepares an elaborate and impressive setting for an action which is not presented or even adequately suggested. There...