Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of his many good qualities, we must acknowledge that his death is one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed upon this country. He was dangerous, not to be trifled with. To his door can be attributed the cause of more sorrow, misery and disease than any other single factor in American life. The war only too clearly showed there is no place for him in a serious nation. By cutting out the heart of the cancer, only can the cancer be cured. The necessary operation has been performed...
...death he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, October 5 and 6, when he led an officers' patrol to a depth of three kilometres within the enemy lines. The news of his loss has been received with consternation and sorrow by his many friends in the University and the Army
...upon to bear as heavy a toll of its finest figures as perhaps any academic organization in the country. While the war casualties are still appearing we have the news of the death, first of a distinguished graduate and now of a cherished teacher. Any attempt to express our sorrow or adequately to appreciate their lives must end in failure. Greatness we may attribute to a historical figure. It is not enough to assign to one we knew personally and admired in the intimate relations of our daily lives...
...Soissons, along the Vesle, and even in the camps of this country. The University has lost many sons; not only graduates, but classmates, students whom we have lived and worked with, comrades whom we have contested and competed with, men whom we now mourn with mingled feelings of sorrow and admiration. They gave all they ever had or hoped to have, to fulfill the call of duty, and in so doing have made their lives the lives of heroes. In their few years they have proved themselves great, following the path of glory till in reached the grave...
Both with admiration and with grief do we hear of their death. While the loss is severe, often more so because of nobleness brought out in death, yet pride and resolution take the place of useless lamentation. Their fate was one of inspiration, rather than cause for sorrow. We take pride that so many of the University's sons have unstintingly proven their loyalty. What they have given we can and must be willing to give...