Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant our hopes, it is a matter not only of national honor but of stern necessity, to maintain a trained fighting force as an instrument of defense in time of war. Our nation may count itself fortunate for being saved from huge losses of men and material by the three years' experience in trench warfare imparted to us by the French and British troops...
...band which played in the parade last Tuesday, will probably continue to have rehearsals and play whenever occasion demands. Musical Director Reynolds announced this after the parade, before dismissing his men. The instruments were given out Monday night and a brief practice was held in the Stadium Tuesday morning. Most of the men had not played for some time, but a number were members of the R. O. T. C. band last year and otherwise experienced. Altogether, the band numbers about fifty men, including the drum and bugle corps. Among these are five trombones, four bassos, four altos...
...ordinary laborer today lives through a daily routine of minute detail. His life is but a process of repetition of some small industrial function. And on the other side, the great monopolies of production have grown up and have seemed to make the system of private property but an instrument of the fortunate. It is under such conditions that social discontent has demanded a new order. With the increasing power of universal suffrage and education there can be but little question that great changes are in store for the immediate future...
...just received your chocolates today. They have followed me all over England, and finally got here. There is a little box on the instrument board of this plane, and in it are six or seven chocolate gum-drops which I shall...
...would be willing to take part in an entertainment in Smith Halls Common Room on the afternoon of the jubilee and can sing or play any instrument well, should hand in their names to T. S. Lamont, Standish C 23, some time today...