Word: longed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...further on, by Mr. Wright, is without a doubt the most striking thing in the number. Reminiscent as it is of the work of a contemporary Irish writer, it still has an original and fervid vividness of expression, which combined with the writer's uncanny power of calling up long overtones of thought, makes reading "The Wound's rather memorable experience...
...Although he belongs to the nation of Lissauer and von Bissing, he expresses none of their sentiments, but hopes, with Professor Muensterberg, that an ultimate alliance of Great Britain, Germany and the United States will maintain peace in the world. We feel, of course, that this is impossible as long as the present dynasty and philosophy prevail in Germany. But Professor Francke's attitude is at least a step in the right direction. It indicates the path of tolerance and foresight which President Wilson indicated in his speech of April...
...Cyrus Townsend Brady, the clergyman and novelist, agrees that college men will on the average make better officers than any other class of civilians, and has no doubt that those who are of age should attend an officers' training camp. "If it is a long war," he says, in an article in the Yale News, "there will be plenty of time for the under-age men to become old enough to obtain commissions; and if it is a short one, it would be a foolish waste for them to leave college now and then never see service even...
...Word has come form the War Department that it will be impossible to establish an Officers' Training Corps camp at Harvard this summer; but the University is advised to continue its program of military training, and the officers detailed here will be continued on duty as long as possible. This means that the Government feels unable to pay for subsistence or to supply additional instructors. The first of these things is the more serious because it is likely to prevent many good men from service in the corps by reason of the cost of board. Additional instructors are not necessary...
...over 20 years old and physically fit, are strongly urged to enroll in the Harvard Corps; in the belief that, although to do so will not lead to a commission in three months, it will lay a foundation, theoretical and practical, that will fit for one in no long time thereafter." "A. LAWRENCE LOWELL...