Word: patriotically
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...only this University, but the entire system of education in this country, is benefited by the bequests of the late Henry Clay Frick. Here was a clear-minded, shrewd business man, a farsighted patriot, who saw how he best might serve his fellow-citizens. He realized the dire needs of America's colleges and went straight to the heart of the matter...
...untiring support of Dreyfus, in the long years when that famous case was disrupting all France, brought him many personal enemies among the military class. But in spite of all hostility to his past record, the French nation recognized him as its most implacable foe to Germany, its greatest patriot, and, in the dreary days of the winter of 1917-18, the man to raise the French morale...
...have lost a great American citizen. Theodore Roosevelt possessed a spirit unique among men. His spirit is essentially that which imbued Napoleon. He possessed courage which never flinched, an energy that knew no bounds and which in itself inspired all who felt it, and he was a patriot whose loyalty to his land his critics never ventured to assail. His fall sends a shudder through the world. A beacon light has gone out. A towering oak, a landmark age-old has fallen. Yale bows its head in silent tribute to this great American. YALE NEWS...
...meeting of the distance runners will be held in a few days to decide definitely as to whether or not the University R. O. T. C. will enter a team in the Patriot's Day marathon relay race. There have been some objections to such a step from members of the track team on the ground that the race comes during vacation. It is probable that the team will enter, however, as it will not be necessary for the men to remain at Cambridge all the week. It is planned to have them merely keep in condition by daily jogs...
...group, sitting aside and criticizing whatever government happened to be in power. His efforts have been destructive rather than constructive in aim and in result. But in spite of this inability to work with others, Clemenceau is a terrific driving power, a masterful organizer, and an extreme anti-German patriot. During his former stay in office as Prime Minister, he ruled France with an iron hand, cowing the Chamber into submission, and countering every German intrigue. The other politicians have failed in their efforts to keep the country and their representatives united; it is time...