Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...scrub crews, composed for the most part of first squad men, went out for a short row yesterday afternoon and held two short races...
...longer remember how the victorious fight. But now that we have conquered our hesitancy, now that we have conquered the vain idealism of peace, we will go into war as we have always gone into war: seeking no end but the utmost end, stopping not one stride short of victory. We will put a new idealism into the conflict of national ideals, so that other peoples may know the greatness of our national spirit, and wonder as they admire at the emerging of our power...
...apparent since 10 o'clock yesterday morning when the House convened that it would follow the lead of the Senate and definitely commit the nation to conflict, and the greater part of the long discussion was taken up by the short speeches of various members who supported the measure, but wished to put themselves on record as reluctantly accepting war as the only course of honor. The one final step which will make the resolution complete is the signature of President Wilson, which will be affixed early this morning...
There was also a short one-mile race between the first two University shells which the second won by a quarter-length, although it rowed a slightly lower stroke. By the return of D. L. Moody '18, who had been out with an attack of the measles, and of A. Coolidge '17, the first boat took on a more normal appearance than it has shown during the confusion of the last three of four days. F. B. Whitman '19 and R. R. Brown '17 were shifted to their old positions at 2 and 6; Coolidge took his former position...
Although plans have been formulated for the discontinuance of Yale athletics for at least a short time in event of war, it is planned to make this interruption only temporary. There will probably be a resumption of athletics when matters have somewhat readjusted themselves. The participants, however, would probably be men who at present are not in the limelight in athletic affairs...