Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...interesting to notice the German comments on the British drive, not only in the official reports, but also in the press. The War Office, in its communique, admitted briefly that their permanent positions had been broken into on a short front. But the interpretation accorded this admission in the newspapers is bound to have a greater effect on public opinion, and one of the most representative of these, the Lokal Anzeiger, actually attempts to portray it as a moral victory for the Germans. "The British attempt to break through," it writes, "collapsed entirely in the face of the extraordinary bravery...
...celebration of the birth of John Harvard will take place not on Monday, November 26, his true birthday, but on Tuesday morning, in the Delta by Memorial Hall. This change was made by the Memorial Society, under whose auspices the short exercises will be held, in order that a detail from the R. O. T. C. might take part in the celebration. Detachments from the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and possibly both battalions entire, which hold their regular drill on Tuesday morning, will march to John Harvard's statue for the exercises. Exact plans for the participation of the University...
...November 27, at 8.15 o'clock at the John Harvard statue on the Delta near Memorial Hall. In past years speeches on the life of John Harvard have been delivered by members of the Memorial Society and by undergraduates. This year, however, the celebration will be limited to a short exercise in which a detail from those battalions having drill on Tuesday morning will participate. The colors will be borne and the regimental band will play "Fair Harvard" and "The Star Spangled Banner...
...nothing so radical is really intended. "Of course," says the messenger of hope, "this clearing of the streets does not mean that the smooth pavement will go down by that time, because the pavement cannot be laid until several months after the temporary pavement has been laid----" In short, the change will be gradual. Nobody need fear a heart-stroke on waking some morning and finding New York finished. --New York Evening Post...
...final figures on the Red Triangle War Work Campaign which were compiled yesterday by the subscription committee showed a total of $50,044.25 collected during the short three-day campaign. No. of Subscribers. Amount Total 3 $5,000 $15,000 10 1,000 10,000 8 500 4,000 1 350 350 4 300 1,200 1 255 255 4 250 1,000 7 200 1,400 1 175 175 5 150 750 1 140 140 1 120 120 44 100 4,400 Total, $38,790 Lesser amounts, $11,254.25 Grand total...