Word: assailant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spirit unique among men. His spirit is essentially that which imbued Napoleon. He possessed courage which never flinched, an energy that knew no bounds and which in itself inspired all who felt it, and he was a patriot whose loyalty to his land his critics never ventured to assail. His fall sends a shudder through the world. A beacon light has gone out. A towering oak, a landmark age-old has fallen. Yale bows its head in silent tribute to this great American. YALE NEWS...
...professional revolt and student mutiny continues to come out of Columbia, following the dismissals of Professors Cattell and Dana. Why? In most walks of life a man who fails to make good loses his job; and what failure can be more disastrous than a moral failure? No man can assail the national policy now without aiding Kaiserism. No man can counsel youth to disobey the law and expect to escape the consequences. New York World...
...striking commentary on the impartiality of Harvard men, which some sensational writers have striven in vain to assail, that two speakers holding such diverse opinions on great world events should speak under exactly the same conditions. With no show of boasting it may be said that the open-mindedness of the University's members is more than a word and a form. It is true in the sincerest spirit. All opinions that are sane and intelligent have here the same reception. They are judged on their merits...
...African Dodger, an agile Ethiopian, father of the first Memorial Hall waiter ever brought into captivity. All Seniors with any pitching ability have been practicing for weeks in the Cage, the scene of the coming orgy, in order to become accustomed to the environment in which they will assail the elusive dodger. There will be several interesting exhibitions. A Jinx, and a Magufflin, one of those strange animals without any face, are being held under the personal guard of the Senior officers, who are relieving one another in four-hour watches. These queer beasts will be shown in the Cage...
...less frustrated by the undergraduate's secret hostility if it would more frankly recognize what a challenge its won attitudes are to our homely American ways of thinking and feeling. Since the college has not felt this dramatic contract or at least has not felt a holy mission to assail our American mushiness of thought through the undergraduate, it has rather let the latter run away with the college...