Word: losses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...never doubted that some such decision would be reached, though we are at a loss to understand the interpretation of this particular statement. Whether it applies to all men who through their military service have missed academic work or whether it merely applies to those who left within a year of their degrees, we trust that no undue advantage of this privilege will be taken. The University was forced to recognize that many men who had satisfactorily completed the greater part of their college work would never be able to return for the rest. To withhold credit from these...
...surely it cannot be unreasonably selfish to regard the continued depletion of the faculty as the over doing of a good thing. Some consideration should be given to the claims which the students have upon the time and attention of the professors, for especially do the upperclassmen suffer a loss, which they cannot make good later, by denying them the opportunity of instruction by experts. Hence, in the future we would suggest that requests for members of the faculty, which involve their departure from College, be subjected to the most rigid weighing of the pros and cons--that the loss...
...those of us who knew Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Shannon--"Captain" Shannon--the account of the last chapters in his life, brings home only too sharply a sense of a very great loss. Our memories carry us back to the time when he was the idol of every member of the Harvard...
...highly esteemed officers of the Army. Since his death he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, October 5 and 6, when he led an officers' patrol to a depth of three kilometres within the enemy lines. The news of his loss has been received with consternation and sorrow by his many friends in the University and the Army
...ordinarily just and necessary, but if they are enforced against these returned soldiers who patriotically left College to enter the service of their country a palpable injustice will be done them. There is little doubt but that these men will soon be reinstated with their original classes, so that loss of classification is only temporary. Therefore, in view of the fact that the cause of their leaving College was clearly irreproachable, the rules in this instance might well be relaxed in order that they may become eligible candidates for University teams during the remainder of the year. The question...