Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...outbreak of war will probably result in the cancellation of all athletic schedules and the absence of the spring sports should strengthen the single-minded purpose of the University to co-operate with the Government. By completely abolishing these contests the great expense of crew races, track meets and baseball games will be removed, and those now engaged in athletics will have more time to spend on military training...
Anything, from the change of a degree title to greater concessions, which binds America to Europe more closely may strengthen us in that belief now so sadly shaken, that the commonwealth of knowledge knows no nation, and no geographical barriers...
...reconcile such a paradox? Here are hundreds of men willing to die in defence of their country. But these same men treat with supreme indifference a concrete, immediate opportunity to strengthen the nation's defensive power and to increase their own military efficiency. There is but one explanation to the puzzle--despite their 11th hour devotion they are not patriots. For a patriot is always ready to fulfill the needs of his country, and our country has as great a need now for volunteer officers, under training, as she will have for a million raw recruits when war is declared...
...large and wealthy but weak nation in a league of that sort would endanger the existence of the system by its very appearance of impotence. The military strength of the United States, derived from universal service, would not weaken the movement toward world peace: nay, it would rather strengthen it by mending the weakness of an important link in the chain; and, in addition, the prestige which the United States would enjoy as a result of its power might be sorely needed to prevent the proposed world league from following the principles of the reactionary Holy Alliance...
...Willcox, Jr., '17 who had considered leaving College after mid-years, will in all probability remain until the end of the college year. His presence will materially strengthen the prospect for a successful track season...