Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...captain of the Yale freshman swimming team was present at the meeting, and stated that the Yale authorities were willing to have a meet arranged with the University. The matter will have to be brought before the Athletic Association, however, before an engagement can be definitely decided upon...
...Hereafter, men having a legitimate reason for excuse from any drill, section meeting or lecture will present their written request in person either to Lieutenant Scott or the Acting Adjutant, in advance. WM. F. FLYNN. Major, U. S. A., Retired, Commanding...
...closely associated with single combat and justly so. There is something splendid about two individuals facing one another; certainly much more than in hordes of men joining battle. There are surely many heroic encounters taking place in the infantry, but we cannot hear of these so easily. Aviation at present is a service where single combat must be the feature. Our peculiar interest in it may be the result of its infancy, for the new holds much charm for us. And yet trench fighting does not thrill us in the same way, in spite of its new place in modern...
...would be entirely impracticable within the limits of space assigned to me to deal even in the most sketchy way with the applications of science in the conduct of the present war. That war more than any other in history is a war between nations as a whole, and not merely between small sections of different nations. It is a war the issue of which depends on the effectiveness for war-like ends of practically every adult amongst the warring groups. Science and its applications enter deeply into almost every phase of modern industry, and as at the moment...
...vast amount of scientific knowledge, and success or failure may well fall to one side or the other according to the relative strength or weakness of the expert scientific knowledge of the two great groups of combatants. A few examples taken at random from this field may serve the present purpose. The British Minister of Munitions stat- ed not long ago that the war would be won by ammonium nitrate. What he meant to emphasize was the fact that an adequate supply of explosives was essential to victory and that this supply depended, under the conditions of today, on getting...