Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...city of Halifax has a peculiar claim upon our sympathy. The Canadians are our allies, of course, but historically Halifax is closely related to Boston. It was founded in 1749 largely at the instance of the New Englanders as an offset to the French fortress of Louisburg; the trade relations of the two towns have always been close; and at the time of the Revolution many of the prominent citizens of Boston--the Tories or Loyalists--emigrated to Halifax; and fine old Boston names--some of them extinct here--are to be found on the tablets of the interesting eighteenth...
What's the use of giving the Lampoon credit for what it contains in this Christmas number? A summary of the table of contents would be much more informative than useful, and the Lampoon's chief claim to credit this time is for what it has left...
Rumors frequently claim that the draft limit will be lowered to nineteen years. Although European countries call for men below majority, we have been reluctant to follow their example, chiefly because younger men are not sufficiently developed. If the present system turns out the best possible army, and continues to do so, we gain by it. If, however, there is doubt as to its durability, or if men under age are as good soldiers, it seems fair to summon the latter, especially since they are less likely to have dependents. There are many between nineteen and twenty-one who have...
...earlier part of the season the Naval Reserves defeated the Maine Heavy Field Artillery and Brown by overwhelming scores. The University informals later were defeated in a hard game 14 to 0. After this victory, however, the sailors' play weakened and they were defeated by Rutgers, thereby losing any claim to the football championship except among service elevens. Seven University stars at Camp Devens aided in holding the Newport team in the Thanksgiving Day game. Black, last year's Yale leader, and Dr. Bull, who has coached Yale kickers for several seasons, have driven the team hard in view...
...author obviously did not mean it to appear so. Mr. Parsons' "The Abandoned House" is good description but the word "animals" is rather a colorless designation for rats. A story by the same author, "Footfalls in the Desert," supplies us with mystery and "local color," but its greatest claim on our regard is the discovery of the Mexican Christmas flower. "Shade of Linnaeus!" What plant is this? We doubt if the avid soil of Mexico could produce it. We fear it needed the greater fertility of Mr. Parsons' imagination. Mr. Carroll's story is light, very light, and judged...