Word: reale
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sobered. It is not that a possible defeat is staring us in the face and that it is consequently good for our national morale. Such theories may be effective with an athletic team, but they do not apply to nations. Yet it is incontrovertible that an appreciation of the real gravity of a situation is a source of strength. To carry on a good fight one must know what the measure of his antagonist is. Now for the first time we do know what strength is pitted against us. Now for the first do we realize that an iron-ribbed...
...have given up hope of Russian aid in this war, but it is of real importance in times to come that truly national and natural states exist between Russia and Germany. This will the possibilities of future wars be greatly reduced. This much the present chaos may accomplish, and far better than the artificial creations of a peace conference...
...informal system has not worked well, because it assumed an equality between fundamentally different teams. Such an equality was worthless because of its very artificiality. The one indispensable feature of college athletics seems to be the playing of intercollegiate games, for only in that way will teams of real equality meet...
...their allies is difficult to say. To pity them rather than curse them is the fairest way, for there is no sense in heaping coals of fire upon the heads of a demoralized nation. Russia is in a condition where internal reform is the one essential and where a real military resistance is impossible. We believe that by making peace she is throwing herself open to every type of Teuton trick and that Germany will exploit the Slavs solely for what can be drawn out of them. All of which is their hard luck and not ours...
...strong opponent in the Newport Naval Reserves, whom it plays this evening at the Arena. Although the seven has already won two contests, yet these were with high school combinations. In the lineup of the sailors, however, there are enough men of intercollegiate reputation to give the informals a real test of their power. This game will be unlike those of recent years; we are featuring no special stars nor a team to contend for championships, but rather a seven which is organized primarily for recreation, without professional coaching or an elaborate system of training. We have neither a reputation...