Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fourth of the series of regular war lectures held in the New Lecture Hall will be given next Wednesday evening at 8.15 o'clock. Professor Wallace C. Sabine, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and University Exchange Professor with France last year, will speak on the subject: "Aviation and the War." Professor Sabine was away all last year, spending the whole time abroad in scientific work connected with the war. In this way he has gained an unusual first-hand knowledge of conditions in England, France and Italy...
President Poincare has at last invited M. Clemenceau to form the new cabinet. From the beginning of the war the "Tiger of France" has resolutely abstained from co-operating with any political group, sitting aside and criticizing whatever government happened to be in power. His efforts have been destructive rather than constructive in aim and in result. But in spite of this inability to work with others, Clemenceau is a terrific driving power, a masterful organizer, and an extreme anti-German patriot. During his former stay in office as Prime Minister, he ruled France with an iron hand, cowing...
...those others who battled in the Bowl last year all are in the Service and the freshmen are the only ones left to represent their colleges on the gridiron. There will be no H formed in the Stadium, no new songs will be sung; it will be a war time game. We, that is, all but the freshmen, do not even know who plays each position on the two teams In former years we could all run through our line-up much easier than decline a French verb; the name Mahan meant more than words can describe. The War...
...middle of the season Coach Jones left the team for war work and the task of directing the freshmen fell upon Dr. A. E. Brides...
...have one request I am going to make you. Please make every one realize that this is a long war if we want to stick to it until we have reached a victorious conclusion. And to make our sacrifices worth while, we must stay in the struggle to the bitter end. It is not we men on the firing line who will win this war. It is you who stay at home, sacrificing comforts and money to feed and clothe us. We are under your orders, and just as long as you hang on, we will fight as well...