Word: record
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should avail themselves of the short interval between now and then to prepare to finish their year's work in a creditable manner. Concentration on scholastic work at this time is necessarily difficult, but upon the future return to College studies a good record now will fully justify a few short weeks of hard study. Secondly, men should realize the seriousness of their service to the state, and make a firm resolve to enter upon their intensive training with every faculty at concert pitch, so that they may become efficient officers as soon as possible. Lastly, the many that...
...hundred thousand." His regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was among the first sent to the front, and with others composed the first army sent to France by England, known as "the first hundred thousand" and also "K 1" and "Kitchener's Mob." Captain Beith has had a brilliant record as a soldier and has been frequently mentioned in the army reports for gallantry under fire...
...showed much improvement the following day, when he defeated the Yale captain, Pflieger. He tied with Gay and Allison of Columbia, the only man to defeat all the University fencers, for third place, with nine bouts won and three lost. R. G. Crimmins defeated Pflieger and had a final record of eight victories and four defeats. The standing of the teams was as follows: Won Lost Navy, 27 9 Harvard, 26 10 Columbia, 18 18 Yale, 16 20 Penn...
Arrangements are being made for the use of the Wakefield range for the Corps. On this range there are facilities for men to shoot at 200, 300, 500, 600 and longer ranges at the same time. It is probable that after sufficient practice each man will shoot his "record," by the result of which he will be classed as a marksman, a sharpshooter, or an expert rifleman...
...morning when the House convened that it would follow the lead of the Senate and definitely commit the nation to conflict, and the greater part of the long discussion was taken up by the short speeches of various members who supported the measure, but wished to put themselves on record as reluctantly accepting war as the only course of honor. The one final step which will make the resolution complete is the signature of President Wilson, which will be affixed early this morning...