Word: whether
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Christmas to a nation just started in the first stage of a terrible war. Too many of our homes will find it difficult to be merry at this time; too many of us will feel the loss of friends too keenly to enter into the usual Yuletide spirit. For whether the war has directly affected our family or not, the thought of its existence is enough to make Christian enthusiasm wane a little. This will be Christmas when we can and must get away from thoughtless amusement, from that kind of jollity which is concerned only with personal pleasures...
...directly concerned by this new scheme, since a commission is the diploma of our military education, the present goal of most undergraduates. Abolition of Plattsburg officers' training camps together with the encouraged promotion of men from the ranks, leaves preliminary instruction more necessary than ever. Whether or not the present system of sending men to Yaphank continues, we know that ultimately a man of sufficient calibre will be an officer, and that thorough preparation will hasten the attainment of this end. The duty of R. O. T. C.'s is to provide not merely candidates for special camps, but soldiers...
Efforts will be made by the Yale Athletic Council and the university faculty in a short time to formulate a definite general policy regarding the baseball and track teams and the crew. In none has it been decided whether meets with outside colleges will be arranged and whether definite university teams will be organized or not. At present there is material for fairly strong major-sport teams, and it is believed that hockey, basketball, swimming and water polo will also have successful seasons. No definite plans for hockey have been announced, but the basketball and swimming teams are already under...
Scissoring a Liberty coupon will therefore be a wholly novel experience to many who will tackle the not arduous task. Whether the coupon is for 88 cents or $1.75 or much more, the thrill will be there. And with it will arise the question what do to with this accession of income...
...Whether Crozier or Baker is to blame is immaterial. The fact remains there is marked inefficiency in the War Department. The sooner we can weed out this element the sooner we can begin real fighting. The Allies are counting on our guns, our shells and our men to win this war; we have the men, but without arms they are useless. The Lewis gun scandal was apparently not sufficient to stir our Ordnance heads; if the present trouble does not wake them from their coma there ought to be a general house-cleaning in the War Department...