Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...took part in a series of events ranging from wall-scaling to lighting a fire without matches. Fully 20,000 parents and friends of the scouts were present in the big amphitheatre to witness the exhibition which showed the unusual efficiency of the boys in first aid, woodcraft, and self-reliance...
There is no reason why any accident should occur. Daily in Europe millions of men handle firearms in the most deadly way. Yet by the use of a small amount of care, accidents--in the sense of self-inflicted casualties--are almost unknown. With the same reasonable care there will be no mishaps next week...
...spirit of '61 nor of '98. Nor is it the spirit of today. The men of '76 were not the men of '61 nor '98. Nor are they the men of today. We may believe that we are as courageous, as honorable, as lofty of purpose and as self-oblivious in striving for our purpose till it is fully attained. But action is not builded on tradition, nor do historic times sustain the living...
This day of tribute is not a sectional day. Those who lost no less than those who won are honored for their bravery, and the oblivion of self with which they defended the cause which they believed just to the very annihilation of self. Like good Americans they fought for the right as it was given to them to see the right. The bravest and the wisest man can do no more...
...precinct before Tuesday, June 5, 1917. The registrar will be at the Faculty Room, University 5, from 12 to 4 o'clock daily, from today to June 2, inclusive, except Sundays and Memorial Day. In such cases the student, in forwarding the registration card, is advised to enclose a self-addressed, return-stamped envelope, with a request to the official addressed to return to the student upon its receipt a registration certificate." GEORGE SHANNON FORBES '02 ROGER - PIERCE '04 University Registrar