Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...least, has become aware that there is a war going on; some of his colleagues are still in the '90's. Mr. Davis signs a story which looks as if it had been written for a Christmas number some 25 years ago, found lacking in seasonable cheer, and consigned to the bottom drawer, whence it had suddenly and mysteriously risen. It describes the struggles of a brave little woman, and ends, "Then quietly, she walked out into the night." One is consoled by the knowledge that she couldn't possibly walk out anywhere into the night without running into bevies...
There must still be undergraduates who not only read but think, and express their thoughts in simple, clear and forceful language. It cannot be that all the men who think have gone to the war, or, going, are treasuring their thoughts for slim posthumous volumes of the now familiar type. If things worth printing are still written in Cambridge, the Advocate editors still fail, after all the scolding they have been given of late, to lay eager hands upon the desirable manuscripts. With the Monthly eliminated, the Advocate ought to be able to get all of the best that Harvard...
...date, 14 University and 12 Freshman battery candidates reported for practice. S. H. Johnson '20, the leading pitcher on the Freshman team last year, which was disbanded on account of the war, has been showing up very well and is likely to be the University's mainstay in the box in the coming season. P. Zach '19, W. G. Swigert '20 and T. H. Gammack '20 are the best men behind the plate...
...Smileage" is the result of an attempt on the part of the Military Entertainment Council, a special commission appointed by the Secretary of War as a branch of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, to provide the best possible entertainment for men now in the National Army cantonments, and all military and naval camps on this side of the Atlantic, at the lowest possible price. This council is issuing books of tickets, somewhat like mileage coupons in use on the railroads, which, when sent to men at any of the service camps or cantonments in the United States...
There are about 3,000 Princeton men in service at the present time, according to statistics gathered by the university war records office. These figures do not represent the total number, as a few of the class secretaries, through whose efforts the records are compiled, have not made reports. The men are engaged in all branches of the service, from the army and navy to Red Cross and relief work...