Word: towards
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Step into any lecture room toward the close of an hour and observe an occurrence which is not uncommon, but which is quite characteristic of the American student. The professor is completing his lecture. Immediately there arises a noise of shuffling feet, of closing note-books, and of clattering tablets as each student prepares to leave the hall. The closing words are a meaningless jumble lost in the general disorder. The students rush out; the professor resignedly gathers up his notes and joins the crowded mass at the door...
...fitting in times like these, toward the end of the first year of our war, to render praise, not only to the men who have gone, but to those institutions of the University which have made our record such a notable one. First and foremost of them all must stand Phillips Brooks House, our great pillar of social service, growing to meet new needs and constantly adding to the many activities of the past...
Today, when all our efforts are being directed toward our great cause, we are wont to turn away from the ordinary problems of life, and to forget those things which must be done in times of war as well as of peace. The University, however, burdened as it is by a loss of many men and a diverted interest, has not failed in these duties. We owe a great debt which can only be paid in the earnest and sincere support of an institution which has served the College and community well, and which now contributes to the national life...
...University Faculty, it was announced yesterday, has voted that credit be granted toward an A.B. degree to all men who successfully complete either of the two courses in Military Science which will be given this summer by the University Training Corps under the auspices of the Summer School. Men who take Military Science 2 this year, however, will receive no academic credit for training during the six-weeks' course, but will be invited to participate in the work as officers and noncommissioned officers of the regiment, without charge for tuition. Only men who are in good standing in their studies...
...royalties; stars, a good part of their salaries; and producers their profits in order to give to our men in uniform the best good cheer. But, with all this, Smileage is a tremendous undertaking, and the Government feels that because it has to use every one of its dollars toward the direct prosecution of the war the public will take up Smileage as its own contribution, a gift to every soldier...