Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...private in the regular infantry soon after war was declared, joining the 61st Regt. In a short time Stanton was warranted a corporal and then a sergeant. For service in the field he was recommended by his company and regimental officers for a commission. The orders of approval, though issued, failed to reach him before his death...
...causes men to believe vitally in the reality of their studies. A frequent conference of one-half hour's duration is more valuable than hours spent in the lecture room, and hence it is very much to the point, that the best men devote some time to conferences even though this may mean reducing the number of hours they spend in lecturing...
...without thought or effort; but in such light productions, the mind is much more liable to stray back to its original trouble instead of being directed in another channel. A play of depth, tangibly constructed, is of far more value to the tired mind than such nonsensical entertainment. Even though it is hardly apparent on the surface, the Workshop play is seriously threatening the foundations of those 'unworthy' plays, slowly undermining them, and, I hope, to their speedy collapse...
...hard for the moment to overcome. Nevertheless, the time now seems at hand for us to swing back again to a normally balanced viewpoint on the subject. In other colleges the tide is already turning toward a renewed preparedness for possible war. At Princeton men are already signing up, though slowly at first, for the Field Artillery Unit to be formed there this summer. Columbia has established a form of military department, in which Government instructors will give courses designed to fit men for eventual commissions in the Infantry, Artillery, and Signal Service, College authorities all over the country...
...with its fresh opportunities for military training, our normal responsibilities as citizens again appear in their true light. In meeting those responsibilities we may well turn our minds back to the national situation two years ago. April 7th, 1917, was our first full day at war with Germany, and though ultimately all was well, we entered that war unready...