Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clever, is balanced by a conventional but charming bit from Mr. Sedgwick, and their juxtaposition on the same page shows excellent editorial acumen. Turning back a page we find Mr. Rogers' "where fauns with shadows play," while below him Mr. McLane in Swiftian style lampoons certain dull poetasters. "To still the Memnonian music of Song's lisps" is quite delightful provided Mr. McLane has his tongue in his cheek. Otherwise--? Mr. Hoffman's Sonnet, despite rather an anticlimacteric conclusion, is notable, for its pleasant poise...
...been in New Haven to confer with Professor Mendel and others of the Yale board as to the advisability of sending a joint track team abroad. From his trip to New Haven no definite results were accomplished, and the matter as far as the University is concerned is still entirely unsettled. No further action has been taken by the Athletic Committee, and it is not expected that it will consider the matter until more definite information is available...
...Second, we want, if possible, to have our neutrality guaranteed as is the case in Belgium and Switzerland. We are still too small and too unformed to stand alone against the ring of enemies about us. Lastly, we want material support--supplies, provisions, medicines, everything. The war has left us destitute and the misery of my country is beyond description...
Even if a man was discharged from the service more than 18 months ago, he may still be reinstated if he will make his application before December 31, 1919. No physical examination for reinstatement is necessary, and all that is required is that the applicant pay premiums for two back months, and sign a statement to the effect that he is in as good physical health as he was at the time of his discharge. Also it is not necessary to reinstate the full $10,000 of insurance; the applicant may reinstate $1,000 or more...
...honor that is his due. Indeed, I'm not so sure as to how much comfort Alexander-wherever he now may be-is taking in the thought that, 2242 years after his early demise at Babylon, lots and lots of people on this little pin-head in the cosmos still persist in calling him "the Great." The real point is this, that Whitney's career as a man "who did things" is still a lesson, an example, an inspiration, for the young American of today...