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Word: stillness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Nearly all of us can remember with what savage pride we read of the Pyrrhic victory of the British troops at Bunker Hill, or of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Nor have the wounds occasioned by the Civil War been entirely healed; rash argument and unreasoning dissension still have their way in many an oral encounter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDY OF HISTORY. | 1/14/1919 | See Source »

...course of the past year with its tremendous changes in life and institutions the University has been called 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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER LOSS. | 1/11/1919 | See Source »

...after reading this explanation, the petitioners still feel that they have a grievance, I shall be glad to discuss the matter with such representatives as the petitioners may select. C. N. GREENOUGH...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Military English." | 1/11/1919 | See Source »

...either the Weld or University Boat Club should be opened for use. Possible confusion of articles could be avoided by keeping an attendant there to check them for a small fee. If the Locker Room were also heated as a place for skaters to warm themselves it would aid still more in making skating on the wind-swept Charles enjoyable, and it would add greatly to the popularity of this natural rink which is conveniently situated to furnish healthful exercise to students in the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHARLES RIVER RINK. | 1/10/1919 | See Source »

...Freshman athletic teams, but before completing their scholastic work for the year. Upon returning to College this term they find that they are barred from playing a second time on Freshman teams, and, in addition, that they are ineligible as candidates for University teams--since, technically, they are still Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TECHNICAL INELIGIBILITY | 1/9/1919 | See Source »

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