Word: line
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many miles between us and the long, winding line of trenches in Europe seem a short step when the tragic news of some comrade's death is flashed to us. The reality of the stern trials and the heroic sacrifices demanded by the great game of war is vividly brought home. Ronald Hoskier of the Junior class is the first Harvard undergraduate to make the final and glorious sacrifice for the cause of humanity and democracy. The many acquaintances of Hoskier sincerely mourn the loss of a friend whose exceptional qualities were recognized and admired by all who came...
...whole of preparedness lies in teaching men to present arms and form fours, or even to dig trenches and shoot accurately. As Dr. Sargent points out, if men are to serve and not handicap the army, they must be physically fit to stand up under the strain of first-line service; and participation in athletics is the best way to keep fit. The case of those physically unfit to serve--75 percent. of the student body, says Dr. Sargent--is even more serious. However, it is not too late to mend, and Harvard may well take Dr. Sargent's message...
...Europe, but the process will be quickened by the moral effect of America's preparing on all sides. Don't you people over here think that there would be a great moral advantage for the Allies and the Germans to see the Stars and Stripes along the Hindenburg line? After all, what it really means is this, and the pacifists will only waste their time in arguing against it, that here in the United States you have a nation of 100,000,000 people eager to prepare, with practically unlimited resources at its command, and the greatest inventive capacity...
...were marched individually to the field, and for an hour went through company drill. At about 4.45 o'clock the three majors took command of their battalions, and for the next half-hour the men were put through battalion maneuvers. At 5.30 the regiment formed across the field in line of battalions for retreat, and the impressive ceremony was performed without a hitch. Immediately afterwards the companies passed in review before Captains Cordier, Bowen, and Shannon, and then marched back to headquarters with the band...
...more sympathetic than we with the ultimate aim for which we enter the struggle, namely, the triumph of democracy over autocracy and the spirit which makes war necessary. It has been in the past a question of how best to realize this goal. Now that our line of action has been irrevocably decided upon, we join in carrying it through, although, as unlikely as it may sound, should this country in the heat of battle so far fall from the standard set for it by President Wilson as to continue fighting needlessly from hatred or sheer unwillingness to desist...