Word: high
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...establishment the University Union has become the centre for all American college men when they are in Paris. It has served as a club, meeting place, and bureau of information for college men in the American Army and Navy; and its reputation among men in the service is high...
...excelled in athletic sports; was a splendid horseman, an honor graduate of the U. S. Mounted Service School, and was one of the best polo players in the Army. He was particularly noted for his high moral character, for his quiet but earnest religious convictions, for his efficiency in the conscientious performance of every duty. He was a born leader of then--one of the best known and most highly esteemed officers of the Army. Since his death he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, October 5 and 6, when...
...American spirit of co-operation and maintenance of high standards in all aspects of life has been brought home by the war to all classes, including the boys of the slums. Now that the war has ceased it is necessary to uphold these ideals that the impetus of stirring times has produced...
...alliance between the academic and the athletic functions would remove the ground for some of the criticisms to which the present system is open. For example it has been suggested that the existing arrangement fosters an undesirable spirit of professionalism, of training a few men to a very high degree that they might go through a successful season. This, as Dean Briggs implies, is the natural outcome of paying a coach for the single purpose of shaping a winning team. The day is past when athletics could be viewed by the authorities as a necessary evil. Is it not likely...
...experts. A man with four years of military education would be invaluable to the Government in case of another war. There are at present and will be for the next few years, a fine body of retired officers in the University who could start this system going on a high standard of efficiency...