Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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General Pershing has been giving some good advice to the Military Committee of Congress. However displeasing his opinions may be to the Baker March combination, he undoubtedly speaks the mind of the whole country when he declares against a regular army of a half-million men. Half that number, General Pershing thinks, would be sufficient for all probable needs if some scheme of general military training is devised. --Boston Herald...
...realm of humor. Of all forms of wit burlesque is perhaps the hardest to carry off. Nine times out of ten it falls flat simply because it is overdone. But the editors of the Lampoon knew when to stop, and therein lies their virtue. We understand that this number of the Lampoon is expected to have the greatest sale on record for any college magazine which will number at the end of its second edition twenty-five thousand copies. This speaks very well for the literary ability and business foresight of those in charge...
...picture so realistic in its dialogue; so skillfully drawn, as to make the story perhaps the issue's best. Mr. Slingerland's "Fifty Below," except for a few spots of rather stilted conversation, is estimable. Interesting, but at times slightly artificial and overdone, is the third story of the number, Mr. Cutler's highly-colored "A Respectable Girl...
...museum's permanent collection of drawing by both old and modern masters has lately been augmented by a number of valuable gifts and purchases. A group of drawings by John Ruskin, which have recently been received, are perhaps the most valuable and interesting of the new additions...
Membership in the "Y" Club at Yale has reached 150, and when the projected drive for members is over it is expected that this number will be materially increased. The "Y" Club was founded last spring to promote more interest in athletics at Yale, all candidates for major and minor sport teams being eligible for membership...