Word: vastly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...years college professors and men interested in athletics have advocated that physical exercise be included in the curriculum. The vast majority of the colleges have done this, both in the East and West. Dr. Sargent has been one of the great pioneers in this great work. If Harvard will institute some courses in physical culture, and some required physical exercise for Freshmen as I have outlined before, under the management of an enthusiast, the problem of intramural athletics will be solved...
...Marshal Foch in the final drives, was laid out with a full knowledge and a full appreciation of the importance of geography. The German army was crowded back toward the Ardennes, through which there was but one narrow pass, the valley of the Meuse. The retreat of such a vast army through that gorge would be impossible and when the route of transportation east and west was cut the situation for the enemy was desperate. The physical features held them on one side, the army of the Allies on the other. Disaster faced them, and the ratification of the terms...
...selfish hope of ours that this may be the last of the drives to which we shall have to contribute; the end of the war seems very near at present. But we must remember that there is a vast amount of work to be performed after the war by these same organizations and no money that we give shall go to waste...
...replaced the R. O. T. C. The vast changes with which American universities begin the year 1918-19 are revolutionary. Where a year ago the academic life of the nation was becoming an active aid in the prosecution of the war, it is now a distinct part of the government's military machinery. Harvard, together with almost 400 other colleges and universities is a changed institution. This new character is to be welcomed as a notable advance in the service to the nation...
There are important signs that the vast confusion and many mistakes of the early months of our participation in the war have been replaced by the efficiency of a more orderly administration. The shipping industry is moving forward and is now turning out vessels at a rapid rate. A fair investigation assures a proper reconstruction of aircraft production. We now have 700,000 men in France, with prospects of a million by July, and a million and a half by December. The latest draft move will effectively divert labor into productive channels. Our finances are good and our people have...