Word: surely
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Andrews has chosen an appealing theme, framed it in an unusual, glowing setting, developed it with truthful, entertaining people, and phrased it in clear, emotional, satisfying dialogue. It is perhaps in plotting that the author is as yet least sure, for, while it hangs together excellently in its early parts, towards the end the play loosens perceptibly in structure. It may be, however,--or so it seems--that injudicious, wholesale cutting has removed necessary material and caused the last act to seem altogether wrong in its emphasis. The first two acts are splendid; the third wavers momentarily and falls...
Obedience is not instinctive, as any father of a family can testify. There are, to be sure, American families in which the habit of obedience has been enforced for several generations and discipline has been one of the gifts of inheritance. But the number of such families has been rapidly decreasing under modern social influences. The soldier must be taught obedience. That is the chief, though not the only, object of military training. The hardest problem this nation confronts on the threshold of war is not the recruiting of soldiers, but their training. It is useless to wail over neglected...
...training for the young men of the nation. That was at a time when Congress, confronted by the bald fact of danger, was contemplating action. Since that vote was taken our international situation has changed from the dangerous to the imminently perilous. We are no further prepared. To be sure, we have a few training corps, and a few lady ambulanciers on the land, and a few converted pleasure boats on the water. But the nation is not more prepared to fight as a great nation than it was ten weeks ago. Nor will it be in another ten months...
...second base J. R. Wolverton appears to be the best man, and is a hard hitter. H. D. Ward has been playing regularly on Team B at second and will be a strong contender for this position. R. W. Emmons at shortstop has been fielding brilliantly and should make sure of his place on the team by a slight improvement in batting. S. Osgood is another player who should make a good man in the short field. Of the third basemen E. S. Hobbs is easily the leading candidate. He is a sure fielder, a fast man on the bases...
...Preparedness Number of the Illustrated is, within its self-imposed limits, a creditable example of this prosperous and popular periodical. It is, to be sure, somewhat surprisingly brief in content, but whether this be fault or virtue it is easily understood in a magazine which appears every fortnight. With the best will in the world, it is difficult enough at Harvard to produce a magazine once a month...