Word: regretting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...take care of your home if you want to keep your home. There are many tasks to be met in its defence, but you cannot face them if you are not ready. If you are willing, you can be prepared for any attack that comes. You will never regret the time and pains spent in this regimental work. It is vital if you want to be American citizens and protect your homes. We need to serve the United States as United States soldiers and officers, and not to serve any particular state. This is your country and your home...
...cent. The students pay but little more in tuition for the enlarged faculties. These have been made possible by special gifts, like that of Mr. Proctor and bequests like that of Mrs. Swann. The professors have gained but little in salary, a fact to which the authorities 'point with regret.' Princeton's development from 1905 to 1915 has been truly remarkable. But so has the expansion of many another university. Undergraduates are the beneficiaries of a fast-mounting expenditure...
...When their disqualification was made public, the attitude of Harvard students was refreshing. I have yet to hear a word of satisfaction either in the punishment of Yale teams. One and all the students have expressed their sympathy with their fellow-students of a rival college and their regret that such a player as LeGore, admired for his skill and respected for his personal qualities, should no longer match himself against Harvard men. With warm admiration for the Yale authorities in athletics, some of us yet believe that the reform of an evil, provided the evil is not a crime...
...disqualified. The facts of the case admit no doubt that the men who resigned were completely innocent of any real professionalism in spirit, and only ignorance of a technicality led them to the disqualifying act. It is no exaggeration to say that all Harvard men feel the deepest regret at the incident. Whether the University teams win or lose, it is the desire of all sportsmen that they meet opponents who have not lost a part of their strength,--especially through such a stroke of chance as this...
...regret grows stronger as we realize we are to reap no harvest from our investment. We are providing for posterity. It is an inspiring thought, indeed, to think that some day we may have nephews or sons romping in the splendor of a glorious gym. which first gained impetus from our own contribution, but somehow the inspiration is not quite sufficient...