Word: news
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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...
...requiring his service with the colors for a given time at a particular period of his life, he would perform the service as a matter of course, as he accepts the fact of compulsory education in more conventional but not more important branches of learning. --Cleveland Daily News...
...late there has been an unfortunate attitude towards aviation in the University, an attitude which appears more and more ridiculous in the light of Captain Beith's remarks. The tendency has been to smile at the men who left for Miami and Newport News as sportsmen off for a good time, attracted by the danger and the thrills of airplaning, and not by any practical value it might have in war-fare. Now it appears that the success of the army will depend upon these so called "adventurers...
Cables from London and Paris received this morning report a great demonstration in these cities when the news was received of the entrance of the United States into the war. Throughout France resolutions acclaiming the United States were passed, and the capital was decked with the Stars and Stripes
...CRIMSON can look forward to the threatening censorship of the daily press with considerable equanimity. While the slash of blue pencil and daub of India ink will make the pages of the Boston newspapers unreadable, the CRIMSON will still be able to print the news so that it will be clear and unmistakable to the undergraduate. Words with such deep military significance as "Crimson," "grades" and "deturs" will, of course, have to be omitted. Announcements in the courses on perspective, gas analysis, theory of design, class Martial, the canon (and fugue) and Bacon will no longer appear in the notice...