Word: hither
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Contrary to off-hand opinion, the German movement in the West has taken on the aspect of a supreme effort toward victory. Prepared on lines hither-to unparalleled, and executed with an energy, power and sacrifice of human lives scarcely credible, the German offensive not only seriously threatens the British army, but offers the possibility of the defeat of our cause...
Brow meets brow on Soldiers Field this morning at ten, when our own Phi Beets meet their Yale brethren in a clash for physical supremacy. The pristine pellet will be hurled hither and you with most unscholarly abandon, and the Sons of the Midnight Oil will undoubtedly perform monumental feats in their desperate efforts to bring home the Bacon. The local team is greatly strengthened by the arrival of C. P. Curtis, Jr., '14, who has come all the way from Europe to participate. E. A. Hetter '14, of Lampoon infamy, will act as the board of arbitration...
While we recently skimmed the lines of your refreshing sporting columns, in ex-officio spirit, we observed with a sensation betwixt a start and mild amusement, the native boldness with which you have suggested a *frappe with our hither to unbeaten septette of picked icemen. It is not so much the mild effrontery try and subtle brazenness of this offer which has caused our cynicism, as the air of dauntless bravado with which a spirited journal can afford to ignore a succession of ignoble crushing and yet rise once more, weak and giddy, only to be pushed once more between...
Such an organization is needed to lead the hither to deplorable singing at the football games. By holding a competition an excellent chorus might be chosen which would sing football songs much more effectively than they are now sung. As an inducement, the chorus should be given favorable seats at the games. Furthermore, many men would go out who have excellent voices, but not the training or the time necessary to try for the Glee Club. Just such men are needed to give Harvard representative singing...
George Walter Prothero, historian and editor of a monumental history and of The Quarterly Review, who has illumined the story of the mediaeval and modern world; he brought hither the learning of the old Cambridge and carries back the affection...