Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fire and fierceness of attack. The High Command is evidently feeling out the weak spot for the great attack. They cannot hope to wear out the Allied armies by these minor tactics, they are only a prelude to greater events. A raid of one or two companies on a short front will show up the weaknesses that probably also would be present in the whole sector, and so give an indication of the place to start an offensive...
...competition for Freshman manager and assistant manager will also begin this afternoon, when candidates will report at the Locker Building at 3 o'clock. This year the competition will be a comparatively short one, lasting approximately eight weeks, and as heretofore will result in the awarding of the class numerals to both the successful competitors. As in other years, the work will consist chiefly of running the launches, listing crews and performing a few clerical duties. Since the dormitory competition of last fall has no connection with the coming competition, men who did not come out in the fall will...
...Lampoon's prologues in all special numbers are invariably striking, and that for the "--Less" number runs true to form. The three editorials, though constructed according to the approved formula, fall a trine short. The celebrated punch that every editorial needs is parried in each, and the three dissertations therefore miss their mark. But the worst is all over when those pages are passed...
...only for emergencies, and it is understood that all men who enrol in this work will be expected to serve only in such cases. Men will be enlisted in the service as privates, but all will be given a chance to rise in rank by competitive examination after a short period of training...
Plans are under way for carrying on a short "Smileage" campaign in the University. It is expected that a mass meeting will be held some time in the near future and men in the various schools of the University will be appointed to sell "Smileage" books during the campaign...