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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hockey practice of the year. These men were divided roughly into seven teams, each of which had about 20 minutes of hard work on the ice. After the scrimmages Coach Claflin drilled the men in starting and in general skating to get them back into hockey form after the long summer rest...
...lead a horse to water, you cannot make him drink." It is worthy of notice that this remark is made of a quadruped, but not a biped; in fact, if a biped is led to a beautiful stream of water, we might assume that he would take a long and refreshing drink, or even jump in all over. At any rate, if he does not, the inference is fair that there is something wrong with the biped...
...first organized hockey practice of the year, 35 men yesterday turned out on the Soldiers Field rinks. The players were formed into tentative teams and had short scrimmages, but no attempt was made to hold a long, strenuous practice such as will come later in the year. It was the first time on the ice this season for most of the candidates, and the afternoon was spent more in getting back into hockey form than in any effort at team play...
...necessary to point out that the hard-won and none too stable peace of Europe is in grave danger as long as the Germans are allowed to keep such a formidable army. Immediate action by the Allies will put a stop to the budding menace. Every effort must be made to keep the Treaty of Versailles from becoming a second Peace of Tilsit...
Viscount Sir Edward Grey has long been engaged in governmental and diplomatic service. He was educated at Balliol College, and soon after graduation was appointed an under-secretary of Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he served until 1895. From 1905-16 he acted as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in this position had practically the entire charge of British Foreign Affairs during the trying days of the fall of 1914, immediately preceding and following England's entrance into the war. He resigned his office in 1916, and thereafter has been a Member of Parliament...