Word: might
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unable to make good use of its five hits and six passes by reason of poor base running and failure to hit in the crucial moment. Twice players were caught off base by the pitcher. Peirson, who, with Gammack formed the University battery, held Portland to four safeties and might have scored a shut-out except for poor support. Wolverton, who replaced Captain Gross at shortstop, played an excellent game in the infield, accepting six chances without error. A double play, Hallo-well to Bright to Johnson, was a feature of the day's play. Dickson at second base made...
...spite of the fact that all applications for the June camp were closed yesterday in order that they might be sent to Washington by today, the Military Office has decided to allow men to enroll until this noon when a telegram announcing the new applications will be sent to the War Department. All men who wish to attend the camp for men under age, must sign the agreement at the Headquarters Office immediately...
...afternoon the usual program of recreation will be carried out, with baseball, tennis and other sports. The success of last year's effort to organize the recreational activities so that all the delegates might participate was so marked that special emphasis will again be laid on this part of the program...
There is a remedy for this state of affairs which has already been inaugurated in some universities and which American colleges might well consider. There exists the urgent need of following Columbia and Technology in an adoption of a program of training which would permit students to be active in academic study throughout the year. The all-year college term has worked well in Europe and is now needed in America. The summer vacation must not remain an obstacle to those who desire no delay. Of the many young men who no doubt will soon enter the national service...
There is a trifling sub-plot of love running through the piece, beginning with the eternal triangle and ending with mutual forgiveness by husband and wife; but it is obvious that the love interest was created only to hitch the acts together. In no other way might the scene painter introduce his sets for a Manhattan drawing room, a first-line trench and a battered village of France. Besides, the plot matters little...