Word: take
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most of it is such arrant and superficial satire as to lose its sting. We can even laugh about it--especially the poor ignorant Westerner's difficulties with the Boston transit system, and the supposedly cutting remarks on Cambridge weather. Who, indeed, will go so far as to take exception at the latter? And, by the way, the supposed "sop" he throws out to our outraged feelings in his last paragraph is wholly unnecessary. Not only that, but it mars the delightful anathema which Mr. Carpenter has hurled...
...wish to enter the Reserve Aviation Corps of the army are required to pass a physical examination and take a six months' training course. The army will take certain men who have had no previous experience in flying and give then aviation training, whereas the navy only takes men for additional training, who have already demonstrated their ability to operate an aeroplane. The training for the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps of the army involves a six-months' course which may be taken during six consecutive months or for three months in two consecutive summers. During the period of training...
...other work. When the proper moment comes, and not before, he will be asked to give his whole time to military preparation. Those who are not in the training corps will be wise to wait until they can discern the path of their greatest usefulness. That will not take very long; and it is far better to choose aright than to choose quickly. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL...
...Committee, and secretary of the Boston Central Labor Union, will speak on "What the College Man Owes the Community." The undergraduate viewpoint on social service will be presented by two men who are doing active work in this field, E. P. Stone 3M and Roger Pierce '19. Stone will take for his subject "What Social Service Does for the Student," and Pierce will tell "The Experiences of a Novice in Social Service Work...
...showing pictures of various Chilean cities and industries. Professor Labarca has served on several government boards in his country, so he is thoroughly in touch with all that is going on. He has written several works on economic conditions in Chile, notably about the nitrate industry. The lecture will take up Chilean foreign relations, especially to the United States. The ABC negotiations will be reviewed. Chile has a large German population, and her position in the present crisis will be thoroughly gone into by Professor Labarca. The lecture is open to members of the University...