Word: strength
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...supposed to have become a world power; consequently, it is argued there must be a reasonable increase in armaments which the Military Camps are expected to give. Adequate armaments, however, are relative armaments,--a fact which those militarists who use the insurance analogy ignore. Any increase in military strength on the part of one power no matter how reasonable--is sure to be met by a similar reasonable increase on the part of other powers. The menace which we face is that of permitting this country to enter the European reasonable armament competition which has no other limits than...
...present war occasioned a campaign unparalleled in this country in time of peace for increasing our military strength. The European cataclysm should arouse all thinking men to an intense desire to contribute somewhat, no matter how little, for the keeping of both our own nation and the world from another such disaster. But the paramount lesson of this war is not the need of attempting to insure for victory in the event of war; we must insure against war itself. The road to be travelled is long; complete success must depend on the development of international law and political unity...
...meet is the first indoor meet of its kind; only team entries being allowed in the different events. If the meet proves a success it will undoubtedly be made an annual affair. Its advantage is that it gives the colleges a preliminary idea of each other's strength before the outdoor spring meets. Teams of all the large colleges are entered and everything points towards a successful contest...
...notes collected by this scholar during a quarter of a century, necessary to the second edition of his work,--everything was destroyed. My unfortunate colleague, who still enjoyed a vigorous physique, who was only 53 years old, large and strong, who had always worked with the strength of iron,--could not survive the terrible catastrophe. Two months ago he died in Cambridge, England, of a malady caused by the grief and fears which the war had brought him. The fire of August 26 had lost for service the new work which Professor Van Gehucten had prepared in the full maturity...
...breaking his former score of 1437.6 points, G. A. Davis 2L., established a new University strength test record at Hemenway Gymnasium Wednesday with a total of 1593.8 points. Previous to Davis's record-breaking trial several weeks ago, H. R. Hardwick '15 had the University strength test record with 1257 points...