Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Captain Bairns-father's cartoons. Therefore its chief characteristic naturally is humor, which, blended with some of the softer feelings which find such remarkable expression in the private soldier, is sustained throughout the entire play. A perfectly impossible plot gives the series of seven "splinters" and a "short gas attack" a slight backbone. The story centres about Old Bill's discovery of a German plot, his blowing up of the strategic bridge, and his subsequent court martial and award of the V. C. But all this is of little moment, except to hold the production together and prevent its deteriorating...
...doings, one is suddenly minded of one's own shortcomings and the imperfections that hitherto had lain deeply hidden beneath an ever accumulated mass of self-satisfaction. Then it is that the ardent disciple of greatness pauses in his oftentimes misguided course, and, being seized with a wholesome attack of doubts and misgivings, humbly seeks to mend his ways...
...were discharged on Monday. The officers of both of these units expect to be gone by tomorrow night. Davis Merwin '21, is the only member of the Marine Unit who has not been discharged. The reason for this is that he has not yet fully recovered from a combined attack of influenza, pleurisy, and pneumonia. He will be discharged shortly, but will not return to College until the fall...
...securing enough time for practice. This week L. H. Leary '05, and R. F. Guild '06, have assisted Coach Donovan in putting the finishing touches on, and have sent the team through some stiff workouts. The men have been especially coached to meet. Brown's system of aerial attack, and Leary has been giving the line some of the finer points as an antidote against the powerful Brown line...
...ranks; for since June 1st this regiment has suffered some pretty severe losses--and I believe they're the smallest of any regiment in the division. Yet, as a regiment, we've done ourselves proud--received the Croix de Guerre; slaughtered huge numbers of Boche; stopped their attack across the Marne on the river bank, and only fell back to our second line after 14 1-2 hours fighting, and when surrounded on three sides, due to retirement of troops to our flanks: held our positions from July 15 to 20, then retook what we'd lost...