Word: proudly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...place. French of the Portland Naval Station, by a final burst of speed, was the winner in six and two fifths seconds, equaling the world's record. W. Rollins '16, former University sprinter, now in the M. I. T. aviation school, after a hard-fought struggle nosed out Proud of the Navy Yard for second place, losing to French by little more than two yards. Rollins also ran anchor man on the M. I. T. quartet, which easily defeated Fort Andrews in a one-sided contest...
There has dwelt in our midst a body of men of whom we all are proud. For four months we have listened to the bugle calls in sombre Holyoke and seen two hundred men stand eternally at attention in front of Widener. We have cheerfully journeyed to Boston to the sound of their "taps" and gone to bed as "reveille" was blown. As we left Cambridge for vacations we saw these cadets trudge by and as we came back they were still trudging. They seemed automatons endlessly marching from class to drill and back again; and, watching them we have...
...grade is never a thing to be proud of but it is sometimes a cause for sympathy. We are wont to condole with the man who fails in a course provided he has done honest work. There are, however, some courses in which failure comes from loafing and no other cause. Military Science, both 1 and 2, come under this heading. The sole requisite for a passing grade in these courses is to attend drills and lectures conscientiously and without any other work a C is assured...
Harvard University is justly proud of the part which its graduates and undergraduates have done in war work. It is only natural that active military service should receive the greatest measure of praise, for with it go all dangers and hardships. Yet there are many other fields in which men may serve with great benefit to their nation. A group of University undergraduates has just finished a task, the completion of which deserves most honorable mention. These men gave up their Christmas vacation to go into the woods nearby and gather fuel to relieve the shortage so keenly felt...
...University, created a sensation at the annual meeting of the Athletic Research Society at the Hotel Astor, New York, on December 27, when he declared that for the past 25 years both Harvard and Yale have conducted their athletic training along the wrong lines. He said that he was proud of the athletes who have been sent into the Army, but that he was not proud of many more who have been sent but who are not physically fit, giving as the reason for this the fact that the colleges have had athletics for only a few instead of letting...