Word: knows
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...know I am expressing the feelings of all when I say that we shall miss him much in the future. I must add that we extend our deepest sympathy to Lieutenant Greene's family in their loss; and that we shall always take pride in having known and worked with him. CHARLES BLUM...
...everything down to a fine point; a great part of the time the Tommies don't even realize that the games they are playing are developing just the traits of character and strength of muscle necessary to exterminate the Boche. Oh, the Germans are afraid of them. They know what lies in store for them when the English, the Canadians, or especially the Australians are opposite them, and in the still small hours they come sneaking over singly and in pairs to give themselves up. Which is what every sensible Boche ought to do right now,--in my humble estimation...
...diploma of our military education, the present goal of most undergraduates. Abolition of Plattsburg officers' training camps together with the encouraged promotion of men from the ranks, leaves preliminary instruction more necessary than ever. Whether or not the present system of sending men to Yaphank continues, we know that ultimately a man of sufficient calibre will be an officer, and that thorough preparation will hasten the attainment of this end. The duty of R. O. T. C.'s is to provide not merely candidates for special camps, but soldiers with sufficient bearing and knowledge to mark them out at once...
...before the dance. Otherwise it will be difficult to arrange decorations. Our dances have never been as elaborate as Yale Proms., but we have no right to ask fair ladies to come to any but a well-managed party. Doubtless they will feel even kindlier toward 1919 when they know that its members have gone foodless for several days in order that the Union could be shifted from a dining-hall to a palace of mirth and gaiety. The men in the Union would do the Class of 1919 a favor if they banded together and decided to retire from...
...time this reaches you, the school may have become more Ameri- canized, but now it differs very little from a regular French school. The French system, you know, is to teach flying and flying only. We have an occasional lecture and talks on motors, map-work, aerodynamics, but that is all. The rest of the time we are either flying or at liberty to do whatever we want. No drill or formations, except inspection once a week...