Word: longed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thirty-two cantonments and the numerous training camps. This short explanation of the Council's aim is enough in itself. We need bestow no elaborate praise on so worthy a motive for raising money, since he who wrote "We may live without books" has been proved remarkably presumptuous long since. Man must read and our army is composed of men, not animals...
Three types of men have long been accustomed to scoff at the value of colleges in what they like to regard as the real things of life. First there is the self-made man whose marvelous success so biases his personal opinions that he is unable to think except in terms of self. Then comes the trained specialist whose whole education has been limited to a certain field and who has completely disregarded whatever was irrelevant to his chosen province. It is true this fellow will admit that one may get a start in the right direction at college...
These statistics show what a prominent part Harvard men took in the War of the Rebellion. For a time, indeed, the College authorities attempted to check the martial enthusiasm, but when it became apparent that the war would be a long and serious one, their opposition was withdrawn...
About 400 University men were active in the Spanish-American War. As had been the case in 1861, many undergraduates immediately left for the front, in fewer numbers, perhaps, because the need was less. John D. Long '57 was the Secretary of War during the entire period. Of all those who enlisted, 11 lost their lives, six of whom were undergraduates...
...Senior Album has been selling rapidly, and it is probable that the entire edition will be sold. Copies may be ordered by mail as long as they last. Generally there are enough copies to supply orders sent in during the summer and fall, but to insure a volume, orders should be placed at once...