Word: half
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...everyone's activity. Men in College today are busier than they were a year ago; they are taking more courses and military training, and are indulging in far more outside work. It is for this very reason, perhaps, that they found the war so convenient a means evading and half-heartedly accomplishing tasks which they are called upon to perform. "These are war-times, you know, and present demands make it impossible for me to do this," is the common attitude. The fallacy of lack of time has gained great headway among our student body and has come to permeate...
...general outline of training is most attractive. Three weeks at Cambridge and three weeks at a site near Camp Devens is the present schedule. The first half will consist of drilling in the fundamentals and the last half will resemble the camp at Barre last year. Lieutenant Morize will be in charge of the exercises and he will have as assistants the instructors of all branches of the service now working at Devens. As an added asset, the Military Office has asked for five West Point cadets to aid in the training and to teach the U. S. Army discipline...
...number of applications for the camp from New England colleges has so far been greatly below the quota they had expected to send to the camp. The Commanding General of the Northeastern Department has been authorized to fill a quota of 850 men. Of this number only about one-half had enrolled at a late date last week
...moments and then relapse into our old ways. Last night we were told the same story, but in a different way, and we hope, with a different effect. Colonel Applin openly and in good, clear English remarked that he was not impressed with our work, that we are half-hearted in our drill, and, in short, that the discipline, appearance and marching of both our R. O. T. C. and that of Yale is decidedly...
...today numbers approximately 5,300,000 men. From her own resources Germany can add annually to this a total of 600,000 at the maximum. The problem before the Allies is one of inflicting casualties at a rate higher than this national increase. During the last month and a half no less than 300,000 Germans have fallen. The possibility of defeating Germany by a slow weakening of her manpower is therefore one of very practical importance...