Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...large as might have resulted from the disturbing conditions. War or the immediate prospect of it kept many students from devoting all their energy to securing high grades. In spite of the imminent prospect of entering the conflict and the shortened final term, the standard has not materially fallen. The scholarships, in fact, are all the more valuable, in that they were won under distracting circumstances...
With several hundred undergraduates either having failed to return to College since the Christmas recess or having left since that time to enlist in some branch of the national service, the university registration at Yale has fallen to approximately 1,500 men. When the college began the past fall, there were about 1,900 enrolled on the registrar's list, but since then undergraduates have been leaving rapidly...
...closely associated. We are well aware of the promise of the British Empire. But ahead of both these comes the fact that Jerusalem has been wrested from Turkish rule and German domination. This was the fact that was uppermost in our minds when the news came that Jerusalem had fallen. At present we are thinking more of how to defeat Germany than anything else. The capture of this city was a spark of encouragement that we were making progress in our aim. We did not intend to slight so great a race as the Jewish people, one which is doing...
...days gone by, debating was one of the popular sports of the college. The class debates were heralded events. Their coming was marked by placards. The debaters actually had audiences before which to exhibit their skill. But the art has fallen into desuetude...
...condition of the army has improved immensely during the last two months but the economic conditions are much worse. The workmen will not obey their superintendents. Russian industry has fallen off immeasurably since the revolution, to 60 or 70 per cent of what it was last year. Everyone expects serious outbreaks this winter but yet I feel sure that Russia will eventually pull through, but not without many hard knocks...