Word: instead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Conditions are and would be the reverse in the United States. Instead of a militaristic tradition steeped in imperialism we look back on a democratic past, little troubled by international complications. In place of a system of compulsory military service extending over a period of three years we would have a shorter period founded on a different basis. Where in Germany, that was, and in France men were seized by the Government for three years and compelled to live the life of a professional soldier, the United States would adopt a system more of physical training. Herein, I think lies...
...might be a good idea if this University, instead of putting out a petition for immediate peace regardless of the consequences, should put out a petition stating our absolute faith in the Government of the United States of America. How many of our "Peaceful" friends ever heard the statement of Stephen Deca-tour...
Another vital change in the code is that which discards entirely the old method of scoring. Instead of the old way, it provides a 1-2-3 method that will make such a score as 15-love only a memory. The proposed change reads as follows...
Only a few matches were played off yesterday in the first day of the squash tennis and racquets tournaments. The demand on the courts is already so great that it has been decided to change the length of the matches to three games out of five, instead of four out of seven...
That the new Ice Pavilion may cause some changes in the traditional mode of hockey play here is indicated by the enthusiasm with which the B. A. A. at a recent meeting received the plan for six instead of seven-man hockey. For a surface as large as the Arena, the sevenman combination was the ideal arrangement, but in view of the size of the Pavilion, several hockey experts have appeared in favor of the new plan...