Word: pointings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gain after receiving the kick-off, Boston punted, the informals getting the ball on the 50 yard line. Two first downs by A. Horween '20, on plunges through centre, followed by a long forward pass, L. Crosscup '19 to B. S. Blanchard '20, gave the informals a six point lead...
...happy a hunting ground. It is a long trip over here and not a comfortable one. The North Atlantic in winter is hardly a cheerful place for submarines; the coast is well patrolled, the State Guard mans the shores. Since the U-53 came to Newport our point of view has changed. If His Majesty will take our advice we suggest he keep away...
...Nobody can talk about the sacrifice in these times of men who are doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief...
...second and third companies tied on team averages, and to settle the score, each man shot one shot--we tied a second time, I shooting another 5. A second shot to each man gave us (Co.2) the lead by one point, 20 to 19. So our Company led the hike home, a thing that our Captain desired more than anything else. In 57 shots that I fired in all, I made only one 3,--all the rest, 4 and 5." EUSTACE L. FLORANCE...
...tremendous sum until we remember that only last February, England, with a population and a national wealth less than one half our own, and weakened by two and a half years of war, cheerfully subscribed to an even greater sum. The average American has not yet reached that point of patriotism where he will invest all his savings in government bonds, while the present state of the stock market, lowered to panic level by vast liquidation of British collateral, offers him a chance to buy some gilt-edged security at an unusual bargain. In reality he is defeating...