Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strong his prejudices, to attend this meeting tonight. Dean Brown is a man who should be heard; his work at New Haven has placed him among the big men of Yale. He has been President Hadley's adjutant in making important developments. He must be given more than a slight share of the credit which is due the Yale faculty for the college's part in military preparation. More pertinent, he is a man whom Yale undergraduates like to hear speak. Thus if there are any Nathaniels in the Class of 1921 who ask: "Can any good thing come...
...HAVEN, CONN., November 15, 1917. The Freshmen and the informals held a practice game today. Neither team was able to score although the university players held a slight advantage throughout...
...knowledge of French is becoming more apparent; of the first officers chosen for service abroad nearly all knew French, and this it was which, other things being equal, determined their selection. In the future the same will doubtless hold true. Thus any man who for sees a possibility, however slight, of his entering active service should begin early to train himself in this fundamental part of his preparation. For languages cannot be learned in a few hours of intense application; it is rather by a slow and unconscious process of assimilation that they are mastered. And for this, nothing...
...upper Isonzo? Probably that question will be discussed for a good many years to come. The Italians' own confidence in their military competence may be taken by the British and French writers as an excuse for British, French and American neglect, but it excuses the Allies only in a slight degree. It is true that General Cadorna had been regarded as having established his military competence. Nobody supposed that he would leave the strategically most important portion of his line inadequately defended. But the question of responsibility does not end there. This war is not Italy's war alone...
...informals and the first Boston College eleven scrimmaged for an hour, the University players holding throughout a slight advantage Clever forward passing by the visitors was the feature of the afternoon...