Word: less
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...placing of the colleges on a war basis, and the interruptions caused by the influenza epidemic, have made this an abnormal year in the life of the University. For the first time there was an actual suspension of practically all college activities. The University seemed less like itself than ever before in its history...
...graduation he went to the officers' training camp at Plattsburg, and was commissioned first lieutenant in the infantry. He went over-seas from Camp Dix with the 78th Division, and last August, on his 22nd birthday, received his promotion to the rank of captain, having been in the service less than seven months...
...belief that the years spent in the University will be time lost. The attention of these men is called to the fact that the proportion of non-college, men who really succeed in life is rapidly becoming infinitely small. Inherent ability without scientific training is becoming of less importance each year. The few exceptions to this rule which still exist merely serve to prove that the man without a college training is the real man without a chance. Do not become one of them. Choose the road which leads to a bigger and more satisfactory life-it is the which...
...athletics will go, and to what extent the whole system will be built up. Plans will be discussed as to the development of athletics on a modified scale, with the purpose in view of giving as high-class football as there was before the war, and still maintain a less lavish standard. The travelling expenses of teams could be diminished and the training-table abolished. The main subject of debate will evolve around the question of the possibility of turning out good teams without these expenditures. Again it is likely that there will be a strong desire for the maintenance...
...been over that twice now, both times by daylight, so I had a good chance to observe. In many of the towns things are being cleared up by the returning civilian and French engineer units, roads put back in shape, bridges being rebuilt, etc., so that they are less depressing in appearance than a town is when first taken back--after German habitation and allied bombardment. The country roads, too, are now in good shape, but everywhere there are signs of recent battle...