Word: great
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...afternoon passing and shooting occupied the yearlings but later the squad was divided up into backs and forwards, and defensive and offensive work was tried. All men were watched closely, as with the small size of the squad it will be necessary to pick the tentative team with great care...
...been compiled showing that, with one exception, none of the diplomatic representatives from this country to important posts in Europe at the outbreak of the war had had the slightest diplomatic experience previous to their appointments. In sharp contrast to this state of affairs, the consuls and ministers from Great Britain and France filling similar positions had back of them an average record of twenty years, diplomatic experience...
Behind the organization are men of great sporting prominence and the plans call for the finest structure of this kind that has ever been erected. According to the estimates of the architect, the building will cost more than $1,000,000, and will contain training facilities beside the great arena which will seat 34,500 people...
...physical examination of Freshman was resumed this fall on the prewar basis. During the war, in spite of the absence of the head of the Department of Hygiene, these examinations were carried out in accordance with army standards and were of great value, in the first place to the army, and in the second place to the students, since both the army and the students could know from these examinations how each individual met the physical requirements of the army...
...There is one great advantage in such a form of training which, to my mind, is overlooked by most people. The military standpoint monopolizes the field of vision. They fail to perceive the fact that through this system of training the Government would come into contact with men of every class in the country. And to the boys who have no opportunity for education, to the mountaineers of Kentucky and Tennessee, a chance would be given. In almost no other way can the men in the back country of those states and others ever receive any advancement. For six months...