Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University eleven, every man was commissioned in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, except one who will obtain his commission in a few weeks. All but one of the men holding baseball"H's" when the war broke out were commissioned. There are nine such men. The tenth man, though not commissioned, is in the A. E. F. in France. The seventeen hockey "H" men were all in the service, and each of the five University oarsmen were commissioned officers, as were the eight track men. Tennis and golf both gave their full quotas...
...student who does something better than the great majority, though it be from inherent ability, power of application, or a co-ordination of the two, there is always honor waiting. To the athlete the "H" is the highest gift within the power of the University; to the scholar it is the Phi Beta Kappa key. The values of the two are not comparable for they represent the final success in very different lines of achievement...
...barrage will life promptly at 3.37 P. M., Cambridge time, when A. Beane blows his nose, thus starting the fracas. Tickets may be secured as usual from Keezer, Terry, and Sewing Circle publicity agents, though it must be borne in mind that women, children and Phillips Brooks House canvassers will be positively barred. At a late hour last night the Lampoon announced the following cast of puck pushers and shin-whangers...
...Though the athletic ship has been launched under such auspicious circumstances, it cannot hope to pursue an entirely satisfactory journey unless it has a strong captain at the helm. For a successful season a firm guiding policy is a requisite. Of course sports will go on indefinitely under their own momentum, but unless the attitude of the athletic authorities is definitely know both players and managers will be under a big handicap. The managers will not know how far to plan, and the players will feel the lack of strong support...
Instead of thoughts of supporting the men after they are discharged, would it not be better to retain them in the army until industry can take care of them? Even though they are tired of military life is not the army preferable to the bread line? Finally, would it not be better for the men, physically and morally, for the Government to support them in the camps, under protected conditions until there was a need for them in the labor market rather than to turn them out, with or without money, to shift for, themselves? Some action must be taken...