Word: less
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...American citizens detailed for special duty, to support them not merely with munitions of war but with those supplies in which we can put pure admiration, our gratitude and our love, is our duty-a duty which we should grasp as a privilege. Our men will be none the less warriors because we remember them with letters and gifts. They are carrying our burdens, upholding our honor-and I for one desire to express as best I can the deep personal obligation I owe the youth who has taken my place in the ranks. I want him to know...
...general participation in athletics by undergraduates than resulted under the system in force throughout the first half of the college year, they have changed their attitude. The general opinion at the other two universities is now in favor of a renewal of the old type of competition on a less pretentious scale than formerly...
...place was C. G. Krogness '21, who with a leap of five feet eight inches was second in the running high jump. Pelletier of Camp Devens was first with a margin of-two inches, while Roberts of the Radio School was third with a jump of two inches less than that of Krogness...
...suggestion has been made that in war time when colleges are reduced in size, less attention to the qualification of applicants for admission might be given, with a rigid elimination later of those who cannot keep the pace, or who do not prove capable of doing the work well. That sounds reasonable, but anyone, who is in the habit of conducting a class knows that the pace depends upon the students as well as the instructor, and that to add to a class even a small proportion of men less competent than the rest inevitably slows the pace...
...Captain E. L. Bigelow '21 and R. W. Buntin '21, the Freshman seven opened the game with one of the most spirited attacks ever seen in a Freshman game, while the Yale forwards in their turn found it impossible to penetrate the Crimson defence. In less than three minutes Bigelow started the scoring on a clean shot after a pretty run up the rink. Thereafter the game was entirely in the hands of the University players throughout the balance of the half, and the well-filled cheering section was thrilled time and again by the beautiful dashes of Bigelow, Buntin...