Word: offering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which resembled more that of a minor contest than of a great intercollegiate game, her team has shown itself superior and has carried off a well-earned victory. Concerning what has passed, we do not begrudge Yale men their fortune. We have no excuse to make nor alibis to offer. A season which began favorably with a Princeton victory has taken an unfavorable turn. There is but one answer which our team can make. It will require a great deal of hard work and training. Wait until June first at New Haven, when Harvard fortunes will be redeemed...
...present year of the world's travail ends. We ought to have twice as many. The more men we give the quicker the task will be done. The more men we send, the more will come back safe and sound. The way to save American lives is to offer American lives with prodigal hands...
...eager spirit of youth against the mature judgment of those who are in a position to know what is right. But with this same enthusiasm we do feel that after three years of college, during which time he will surely obtain the very best it can offer him, the average undergraduate should answer the call. It is the greatest call the world has ever known; and maybe it will be the exuberance of youth that will bring the final victory...
Neither of these two large classes realizes that it has taken the wrong standpoint. The true educational value of the college lies in the fact that it can properly offer the happy combination of class room and outside activities. But although the college may offer this latter, it is practically powerless to see that the opportunities it offers are accepted...
...measure of a man's national-support lies in his personal actions and in his contributions of wealth. He may enter the active service of his country or he may offer his possessions. For the present at least, those of us in College must content ourselves with the latter of these two courses. The need for resources in the prosecution of the war must be apparent to all. The Government has chosen bonds as the method of raising the necessary funds. We have therefore the obligations and the machinery for meeting it before us. There remains only a consideration...