Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...past a convenient excuse for forgetting. On the morning of a Harvard-Yale game anyone might disregard a commission with impunity, since his mind was taken up solely with the idea of getting to Soldiers Field. There are many in the University who have performed their duty in one respect, so they have a weighty commission to execute. We refer to the support of the Y. M. C. A. fund. The game in the Stadium this afternoon will not be a valid reason for any undergraduate mental lapses about this duty. The man who has not yet subscribed, we urge...
...their services were really needed. If these men pass their examinations for commission they are entitled to be used either for further training, or with troops. Such was the promise when they went into camp, and the Government owes it to them as well as to its own self-respect, to keep that promise. It would also be a military blunder to send half the graduates home, have them break training, and subject them to the humiliation of being dependents upon their families when many of them have hitherto be help in to support their families. Officers of the general...
...University and its friends to Captain Shannon; for the success the Corps achieved last summer was due in very large measure to his untiring efforts as Commandant. It would have been difficult to find a better man for the job. His solid ability and conscientious service won the respect of the cadets, and his consideration and constant good nature won their affection. By tact and good judgment he was able to be exacting and at the same time beloved. More important, perhaps, he presented to young men of an age when example counts quite as much as precept a conspicuous...
...rout. The young ignoramus who writes from Camp asks, "Why should an American citizen humble himself to every stripe or collar mark that indicates a grade higher in the service than himself?" The answer is that he does not humble himself. The salute is a mark of respect not given to the individual but to the rank, therefore to the system of which the democratic soldier is supposed to be an intelligent part, therefore the salute is in a sense a salute to one's self. The salute to the hat cord of the second lieutenant, the thin...
...midst, Captain Amann's leaving is a great disappointment. Though only with us a short while the fame of his exploits with the "Iron Battalion" as well as his few talks to us made it clear that we had with us a fine soldier worthy of the respect and admiration of every memer of this corps...