Word: spurs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most unusual and interesting booths at the Allied Bazaar is devoted to an institution called the Blue Cross which does for wounded horses what the Red Cross does for men. Since horses are lower animals and not free agents, the spur of patriotic duty does not urge them on, nor do thoughts of promotion aid them in doing their bit; yet, they have to suffer as do other participants in the war. For humane and economic reasons, these animals, commandeered from hunting stables, from the farm, and from the street, should receive a share of the attention given to sick...
...extraordinary vitality; and it is not too much to say that, among these many efforts only in the universities is the place of this vitality taken by the vivacity and industry of women; in the universities and high schools the nation shows the clearest signs of the spur. Both schools lost the greater proportion of their students, but the number of women has increased. Of 66,000 young men at the high schools, 12,000 were students during the past year, while 54,000, or 81 per cent. were in the army. Of the 52,000 university students...
...director of the laboratory, Professor T. W. Richards, has acquired unusual distinction by winning the Nobel Prize with his table of atomic weights. Such an example should serve as a spur toward further accomplishments from this department of the University...
...dramatic prize of $1,000 offered by Miss Grace George will afford an added spur to the work of University dramatists. Their success has been increasing; aided by the opportunities for production in the 47 Workshop and through the Craig Prize. The alluring feature of the new award is the guarantee of a Broadway production; although it has been found that Craig prize plays of sufficient merit also eventually find their way to Broadway...
...list of men who passed their entrance examinations with distinction is printed in the CRIMSON this morning; and it resurrects from oblivion achievement that is well worth being recorded. Formerly there was no incentive except conscience to spur a candidate on to do more than merely pass his examinations. An exceptionally good book relieved for the instructor the monotony of the reading, but brought little recognition for the writer. Now, by means of this list and the Phi Beta Kappa trophy, the spur of an honor, which is not hid under a bushel lends interest even to the ordeal...