Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...creation of a volunteer force of raw recruits will necessitate a large number of officers, and these officers must be trained in schools similar to the unit established here. Members of the University, by joining this training unit, will be given the necessary instruction to fit them for commissions, and the advantages of such an intensive training over that obtained by enlisting in a volunteer force or in the militia are evident. Men who have an opportunity to be trained for officers should by all means render this more difficult service rather than enlist in the ranks...
...addition to the three-mile reform Mr. Mapes announced a change in the eligibility rules which will put a curb on the presence in university boats of men who had gained experience on boat club crews. The change makes the standard of entry into the Poughkeepsie regatta similar to that which governs entry into events of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America...
...generally admitted that the most nearly practical method of establishing and maintaining world peace in the present era would consist of the organization of a league to enforce peace-a league somewhat similar to the Holy Alliance of the 19th century, although it must be broader in scope and must not have its principles laid down by a Metternich. It is to be hoped that gradual disarmament would result from the continued life of this league, but it is obvious that the mere establishment of the system would by no means bring about immediate disarmament. Unappeased national distrust and jealousies...
...Anthology of the best poetry written by college students during the present academic year, 1916-17, is being compiled by the Stratford Publishing Company, 32 Oliver street, Boston. The company issued a similar volume for the college year of 1915-16 and the present Anthology will be uniform with the receding one. It will have an introduction by William S. Braithwaite, poetry editor of the Boston Transcript, whose long experience makes him an excellent critic of the first efforts of college undergraduates and who wrote a preface to the 1915-16 edition...
Only one man stood out among the substitutes as a strong player, that being R. Baldwin '17. He played a game similar to Percy's, hard and aggressive, but also suffered from lack of support...