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...Amherst. Shortly thereafter there appeared in the Illustrated a letter from a graduate expressing the hope that the early promise of the Jubilee might be fulfilled and that Harvard men would learn to sing well, and, in particular, wisely, since in his day no student sang with spontaneity and vigor save in the shower-baths, a practice wholly deplored by those who were given to meditation or to sleep...
...seminary at Stamford, Connecticut, a duellist, a critic, a playwright and above all a journalist. Like Roosevelt a firm believer in the big stick, he has clubbed his way to the top by the sheer force of his convictions. He roused the enmity of the socialists by the vigor with which he used the military to quell the mining strikes in the Pas de Calais department in 1906. He fired the wrath of the bourgeois by his denouncement of the Russian Alliance and his firm belief in the necessity of an entente with England. His untiring support of Dreyfus...
...more hopeful but is still serious. Much can be done toward limiting the spread of influenza if every student will consider it his duty to keep his resistance to the germs of disease as high as possible by careful attention to every detail that makes for increased strength and vigor. Some of these details...
...Fearing died suddenly while attending a Red Cross meeting in Newport on May 26. Always a man of great vigor aur vitality, he plunged with a will into all forms of war relief work. His most distinguishing characteristic was his active interest in life, an interest indicated by his public offices in Newport and in Rhode Island, by his unrivalled collections of books, and by the long list of clubs with which he was connected. Prominent among the latter was the Crolier Club of New York, of which he was one of the earliest members and a constant and most...
...must "do the best we can to win the war." With valor and vigor and experience in command, General Wood is sure, living, to do his part, the spirit of his loyal utterance sustaining him. His part may lie on two continents. It will be useful to the common cause. It can hardly fail to be distinguished. --New York World...