Word: put
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that Barre did nothing remarkable when the first installment of bonds was floated and now suddenly bursts into fame has a little hidden meaning. There is a nigger in the woodpile. The little excursion of the R. O. T. C. put Barre on the financial map,--that is the truth of the matter. Allowing that each man spent ten dollars during his stay, Barre now owns ten thousand dollars more than when we arrived. Fords are now seen where the work-horse was once supreme. Yet, although a large part of the wealth which Barre possesses was once lodged...
Well, then, just why are we in the war anyway? That is the question we must keep in our minds! America is fighting to put an end to militarism and autocracy. Everything we do to accomplish this result is an activity in behalf of the United States and the world in general. But, if in our attempt to wipe out these evils in Germany we fall prey to them ourselves, what will we have gained...
...order to secure longer periods for drill it is possible that Monday athletic practice will be called off under the same arrangement as was made last year, and that all twelve companies be put through an extra two hours of work on that day as long as the good weather lasts. No official action has as yet been taken on this point, however...
...harriers put in a very strenuous afternoon yesterday, when special attention was paid to speed. The work began with five moderately fast laps, and one lap at almost full speed around the Stadium track. A two-mile walk and some sprints followed, and after two more laps around the Stadium track the afternoon's work-out ended...
...resistance would very likely make a fortress. How are such pits to be destroyed? Maybe the tanks will be equipped with heavier guns, so that they can amble up to a "pill box" and fire point blank. Some new weapon or method of attack will certainly be devised to put the machine gun strongholds out of commission. Whatever is contrived, however, will be but one more step in the development taking place along the Western spout...