Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Canadian division has encouraged the education of soldiers by establishing a university in France. Men will receive training in varied subjects so that they can be certain of occupation upon their return home. Although it may seem strange for part of an army to spend time at classes, yet many troops either in billets during their turn out of the trenches, or else recovering from wounds, have considerable opportunity To provide a practical education for all soldiers it can reach is the aim of the school...
Because the "times seem inappropriate for the usual festivities," the New York Harvard Club has indefinitely postponed its annual dinner. In place of this usual reunion and in order that those members of the club who are not absent from the city on war service may learn of the progress of affairs at the university, and particularly that they may hear of the important part which the members of the University are having in the war, a meeting of the club will be held next Saturday evening at 9 o'clock. President Lowell has promised to be present. Colonel Paul...
...will not save much coal. If all the industries of this country must shut down for a total of 15 days, it would seem that any saving of coal, however small, is important...
...some themes which are better than the majority of contributions to the College papers; but through either poor judgment of editors or indifference of writers, they never appear in the papers. Already this year in my war-shrunken class in "Composition" I have read three or four stories which seem to me better than any narrative in the present Advocate. If the fault has been with the editors in not utilizing such material, they should offer more encouragement to new contributors, though at the same time, if we may judge from the current number, they should be stricter in revision...
...other buildings. College chapel will simply be an hour earlier. Everything will be the same except that we shall be doing things one hour earlier. If we are willing to assist the Fuel Board in this patriotic work, the saving will not be so insignificant as it would seem...