Word: object
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...once since the United States entered the war has peace seemed a more distant object than today. Nor has victory ever seemed to require such titanic effort. Even the most optimistic man now knits his brow and wonders how it is all coming out. We knew last April that our task was to be a terrible one, that we were going against a mass of forces which had never before been brought together in such military perfection. We expected that we would meet the ebb-tide of war in many disappointments and a few failures, but few of us possessed...
...toward that form of sport which effects the general development of all students rather than the intensified training of a few. Though formal intercollegiate contests were abandoned early in the fall by many of the larger colleges, the recent tendency is to conduct games as usual, though with an object, not of victory, but of physical development...
...throws labor out of employment causes disturbance. Men who depend for, their livelihood on their daily work suffer from the closing of factories. In idleness for several days, they naturally blame someone for their misfortune. The fuel regulator and the Administration behind him are very likely to be the object of their criticism. Through the checking of industry, the Government runs the risk of losing the workman's hearty support. Not only internal, but also external discontent may be easily aroused. The United States considers itself valuable to the Allies, because of its resources, yet these are worthless...
...itself quick to recognize the "need of the hour" by its vote strongly favoring a daylight-saving plan for the University. If the vote of this body is supported generally by the students and, still more indispensably, by the authorities of Harvard, the institution will be-operating as an object lesson in this practical economy, even before the public at large has adopted it. The College cannot change the clocks of Cambridge, but it can adjust its academic schedule to conform as nearly as may be possible with the hours of natural heat and sunlight...
Although proficiency in these branches of sport will be aimed at, the primary object of the class will be to provide an opportunity for first-year men to secure exercise and further physical development. Such an opportunity is seldom offered men who are not members of any organized athletic team. The custom of holding class has been existent for ten years, although last season a decreased number of applicants threatened the abandonment of the plan. No expense is attached to membership in the organization, not-with standing which, the best coaching is afforded members. The class is open...