Word: valor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unable to cross and over which wounded soldiers were formerly carried in hard-rimmed, springless wagons or on mule back. Two of the men in this section, Dudley Hale '14 and Graham Carey '14, both Harvard men, have already received the "Croix de Guerre" for special acts of valor...
...this has a certain air of manly, or brute, valor, with a generous admixture of "Might makes right." But needless to say, most of us believe that government is not based solely on force, and that there is another arbiter than arms which is far more potent, not only to settle disputes, but to keep them settled. Perhaps it may be called, by way of ellipsis, public opinion. Even war has its rules. If force is to decide the matter, why not fight it out, by fair means or foul, till the weaker side cries for mercy? If resort...
...Harvard's strategy lies in similar prompt recognition of the obligations which the new era of politics and of education are imposing upon all colleges and universities, whether state supported or privately endowed. The undergraduates feel the call, urge action, and in so doing do credit to the valor and hope of youth. Alumni, resident in Massachusetts, no doubt will look with favor on a more aggressive and formal policy than hitherto has governed the institution. This of course can be done solely on the ground of service to be rendered, and without the slightest expectation that the institution ever...
...meet. As nearly as is humanly possible, the men ran true to form, and in several cases even exceeded expectations. The Yale track team won on its merits; it demonstrated genuine superiority in nearly every department of the game. Every event was a desperate struggle characterized by the extremest valor on both sides. Even to be vanquished in such a battle is an honor. We cannot suppress our admiration for the spirit which has made possible at Yale the construction of such a wonderful athletic machine upon the ruins of last year's annihilating defeats...