Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...direct line into the records of Harvard University--just as four stars have appeared upon the family service flag! He loved Harvard, recognized his indebtedness to Harvard and throughout the nation and the world, caused the name of Harvard to be known as the first proving ground of a great knight...
...athletic activity, which it is believed will make itself felt at Columbia immediately after the opening of the university for the Spring term in February, has caused the athletic officials to begin to cast about for athletic fields to supplement South Field, which at present is the sole exercising ground of the university. It is felt by some of the men prominent in Columbia sports that it will not be more than a year or two before it will be found necessary to begin work on the long-neglected project to build a stadium on reclaimed ground at the foot...
...Coleman '19 formed a pair of study guards. F. Russo at centre, though light, played steady game. The star of the backfield was quarterback A. J. Conlon, another featherweight, who was sterling pilot and ran back kicks in whirlwind fashion. B. A Hunneman '22, former Noble & Greenough player, gained ground consistently in line-plunging and showed-flashes of excellent kicking. Gehrke and R. Hoffman '19, also were dependable ground gainers, and the latter made up for his lack of weight b; needy dodging. P. Coburn '2 and S Coldstein also played five football for the eleven...
...majority of the men will go from here to Paris Island, South Carolina, and thence to Quantico, Virginia, where they will receive their commissions as line officers upon completion of their course of training. Those men who were selected for Marine Aviation service, however, will go first to the ground school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then to the flying chool at Miami, Florida, where they will complete their training and receive commissions...
...come out this morning and everybody is very cheerful after many days of drizzle. It must be a great relief to the boys on the firing line, as there are no trenches--only holes in the ground that they dig for themselves and lie in with no covering except their own blankets. They come in here simply caked with mud and look very miserable and cold. The Red Cross Canteen here furnishes them with hot bouillon, cocoa, etc., when they arrive and when they go on the train to be evacuated...