Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...report of an eye witness is always interesting, and when the event is the European war, and the witness a trained journalist like Dallas D. L. McGrew '03, of the Boston Journal, the interest is multiplied tenfold. In the current number of the Illustrated, Mr. McGrew tells what the American Ambulance is doing and can do in its service on the French battle-front. His comment on the attitude of the Frenchmen to the United States is straight to the point. "France feels . . . . that she is fighting for the preservation of the principles of liberty and the rights...
...Wood, it was determined to make this company a battalion of field artillery, artillery being the department in which the United States Army is most in need of recruits. The article on "Military Instruction at California," by H. H. Weber '11, might have been considerably reduced without affecting its interest to members of the University...
...there also is too often on the part of the foreign student, somewhat as a result of this attitude, an unapproach ableness which does not invite advances. Both would benefit by a more frank interest in each other. The native student would gain a broadened view; he would also be in the not unprofitable and certainly very agreeable position after graduation of having acquaintanceships with men, some of whom will rise to prominence, in foreign lands. This is a selfish reason. A consideration of the situation the American would be in if he were studying in Berlin may suggest unselfish...
...invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest, but assume no responsibility for sentiments expressed under this head...
Another matter in the Report of especial undergraduate interest is that of the military movement. President Lowell emphasizes again the danger of overestimating the value of winter drills; and he points out their futility unless reinforced by actual tactical training in summer camps. He expresses the fear that the humdrum of mere drilling may disgust men with a work in reality interesting. The organizers of the Regiment have taken the position that, on the contrary, winter drill would increase interest in military matters and the attendance at summer camps. This is the view with which General Wood is supporting...