Word: parted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...scrub crews, composed for the most part of first squad men, went out for a short row yesterday afternoon and held two short races...
...Alfred Noyes, the English poet, will read from his poems and tell of his experiences in England, at the Copley-Plaza next Thursday at 8.30. The reading will be part of a two-day fair in aid of the North End Union, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week...
...such as is proposed will require 25,000 officers, 18,000 more than are in the regular army today. We have 800 field guns ready for service and need more than four times as many, and the 1,325 machine guns are only a small part of the 17,000 desired...
...although all formal meets with other colleges will be abandoned as soon as war is declared, informal and intramural competitions will be encouraged so long as such meets will not interfere with military preparation. This means that the University will not, in case of war, take part in the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival scheduled for the latter part of this month, and that there will be no dual meets with Cornell or Yale...
...least for the time being. His plan is to have those not fitted for service participate in athletics. "These diversions could serve to lighten the tension and relieve the public mind. If the time comes when the depression of war is great, such a general participation on the part of those who are available to enter athletic competitions and who, for one reason or another, cannot be actively serviceable to the country, would have a tendency to relieve this depression and inspire courage again...