Word: grow
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...American forces occupy more trenches, and as their losses constantly increase, the demand for surgeons will grow. At present a large force is needed to prevent sickness, but an even larger one will be necessary in a few months to repair the injuries caused by the Boches. These men must come from special institutions with special training, for doctors do not rise from the ranks. Just as some students are given particular instruction that they may become line officers, so others must learn the medical profession. The duty of anyone who has intended to study medicine is to follow...
...doubtful if more students will be enrolled than at present. As a matter of fact, a continuous decrease is indicated in many ways; the likelihood of younger draftees, the increasing economy of money, and the experience of foreign universities. As war deficits exist already, and as they will surely grow no less under present conditions, every college is forced to adopt new methods of raising or keeping its funds...
...first war New Year and the happiness we wish our friends is not a personal happiness. We cannot expect the coming year to be one filled with pleasure and merriment, for war means death and no matter how successfully we battle the casualty lists are bound to grow as we take over an ever-increasing part of the Western Front. Yet the happiness which can only be attained through much suffering, for the words happiness and victory are synonymous in the national vocabulary. The year we are just beginning is to be a long-remembered one in the history...
...organized clubs for the poor boys of New York City and in many cases found homes for the more promising in various parts of the country. He was one of the pioneers in helping the boys of the slums to better citizenship by giving them a chance to grow up in an out of doors atmosphere. He was also interested in such organizations as the Society for Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, the George Junior Republic, and the New York...
...glass darkly, the prophecy of what we will some time be. Darkly, for it is apparent to all that while we shall attain to the success of the most successful, we shall never equal the mediocrity of those who have failed to stir the world. We shall never grow bald-headed or over-weight as some graduates do, or wear nose-glasses and starched collars, or carry umbrellas...