Word: holding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...connection with this year's Commencement, the Class of 1892 will hold its 25th annual reunion. Alumni who graduated in that year will assemble from all parts of the country, and extensive plans have been formulated for their part in the proceedings...
Within a year there must be nearly 40,000 officers in our army. We have now only a small fraction of that number, and even in the regular army there is scarcity of officers competent to take hold of a body of men and instill in them the principles of obedience and discipline and the rudiments of modern military science. But the regular army man, no matter how limited his practice may have been in that kind of work, is in the way to master it quickly. With the reserve officers the task will be harder, but they will...
Owing to the spring recess, President and Mrs. Lowell will not hold their usual Sunday reception tomorrow...
...holders of degrees from the University, and each man should mark the names of five out of the 20 candidates. The names of the ten receiving the most votes will then be placed upon the printed ballot for the election on Commencement Day. The five then selected will hold office for six years, taking the place of the following who are to retire: L. Meyer '79, W. C. Boyden '86, H. C. Lodge '71, L. E. Sexton '84, and W. Endicott...
...song difficult to sing, but none the less splendid. Its effect has been and can be one of infinite magnitude. This effect, however, is dependent on the way it is sung. "The Star Spangled Banner" is not a Chanson sans Paroles. Yet it would seem that many American citizens hold this opinion when a band or orchestra play it. The mumbling and lipcontortions which immediately ensue are not conducive to raising the level of one's feelings. Perhaps at no time in her history has our nation so needed all the latent patriotism that exists. Learning the words...