Word: letters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rogers '18 goes so far indeed as to write a hectic letter to the editor, "War--and the Millenium," in which he asserts that "War is the raging drink of life and death, or hell and heaven, pressed by the hand of a God of Battles into a full cup." He also confides to the editor, "I am an ancient cave-man in my inmost soul. My heart is hot to drink the cup of wrath, to press the rue from the drunken bowl." But President Wilson in his message says that "If our citizens are ever to fight effectively...
...coach at New Haven will not suffer from lack of material with which to build a team, although 13 letter men will be lost by graduation: Wilson, White, J. Sheldon, Guernsey, Wiedemann, Way, Higginbotham, Scovil, Chatfield-Taylor, Roberts, Savage, Milton and Von Holt. The first eight of these were practically regulars last season, though many substitutions were made in the Princeton and Harvard games...
...following letter was received last night from Major Charles A. Stevens '04, Adjutant-General of the First Brigade Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Major Stevens agrees with President Lowell that the proposed Battalion will have only a minor military value, and also calls attention to the state militia as a means for greater military preparedness...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee last night "H's" were awarded to all men who played in the University football game with Yale, except those who had played against Yale in past years. Manager Wells Blanchards '16 was also given his letter. The appointment of F. W. Maroney, formerly coach of the Newark Academy gymnastic team and now studying at Tufts College, as coach to the University gymnastic team was approved. The committee also approved the trip of the Freshman soccer team to Providence to play the Moses Brown School on Saturday. The University soccer team which meets the University...
...season of 1916 Princeton will have as fine a selection of material as has ever been available for its football eleven in years. Ten letter men will be lost by graduation: Bamman, H. Brown, Butterworth, Captain Glick, Heyniger, Lamberton, Larsen, Law, Love and Shea. Five of these men have played on the team for three successive years, namely, Brown, Glick, Lamberton, Law, and Shea, and the experience of these men will, of course, be greatly missed. However, since eight regulars return, there will be men fully capable of stepping into these positions, many of whom have had training...