Word: hut
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been flooded out of their regular quarters, had sought temporary shelter in a dock shed in most unsanitary, immoral conditions. The men were getting sick. The commandant wired headquarters for advice. Back came the laconic message: "Consult Y. M. C. A.," and before night the first 'army hut' and the germ of the entire system was started. When it came time to sail the association secretaries had made themselves so useful that it was decided that they should accompany the ships. But when they reported to the commander on the day of sailing he greeted them with the order...
...first the British government looked askance at the army recreation centres which we were establishing," said Mr. Carter, "but we persevered and one day Mr. Asquith paid a visit incognito to a 'hut' at Aldershot. He was so much impressed that immediately upon his return to London he had a check drawn for $125,000--the first government contribution to the work...
...Vous dansez, Marquise, Le Maire W. H. Roope '16. Violin Sonata in G major, Grieg D. T. Gammons '18 and W. N. Hewitt 2G. Romance, Arensky Scherzo, Arensky Marche Militaire Francaise, Saint-Saens W. R. McAllaster '17 and A. S. Potter, Jr., '17. Dio Tausend Grusse, Jadassohn Klange, Brahms Hut' du dich, Brahms Der Kranz, Dvorak W. H. Roope '16 and I. U. Townsend, Jr., '15. Trio in C Minor, Opus 101, Brahms Allegro energico. Andante grazioso. Presto non assai. Allegro molto. D. T. Gammons '18, E. B. Packard '16, and A. S. Potter...
...sprightly opening scenes take us to the old French colony of Nova Scotia, with the spinning wheel and the quaint costumes of Acadian peasants. The soft sylvan scene representing a shore of the southern Mississippi has peculiar charm, and the weirdness of the Indian wigwam and the trapper's hut in the wilds of northern Michigan brings to us again the attractiveness of some old-time plays. In the latter part of the play there is little relief from the sadness of a sorrowful tale, but the sentiment is strong hearted and healthy, the language is dignified, the acting...
...night and early the next afternoon felt the ice heaving under their feet. A little while later they reached open water, but as it was foggy they could not discover the ship. So they cached most of their goods and proceeded along the edge of the ice to their hut, where they found a note, saying where the "Nimrod" would shelter, and that it would leave on February 26. That night they spent in torment. There was very little food, and no oil to burn; they had left their blankets on the ice and it was too cold to sleep...