Word: referring
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard-Yale game anyone might disregard a commission with impunity, since his mind was taken up solely with the idea of getting to Soldiers Field. There are many in the University who have performed their duty in one respect, so they have a weighty commission to execute. We refer to the support of the Y. M. C. A. fund. The game in the Stadium this afternoon will not be a valid reason for any undergraduate mental lapses about this duty. The man who has not yet subscribed, we urge to act with speed. The man who has not subscribed...
...wrote, "most of us are out of sorts chafing at enforced inactivity. . ." Altho I have no quarrel to pick with the main point of the article concerning the desirability of a sense of humor' I do think the above quotation raises a point deserving consideration. The words that I refer to in particular are 'enforced in activity...
...point, Dr. Van Dyke brought forward a number of arguments proving that the war was long premeditated by Germany, and that the assassination of the Austrian Archduke was the means and not the cause for its origin. He further showed that Russia offered three time to stop mobilization and refer the whole matter to arbitration if Austria would stop her attack on Servia, but the only reply was from Germany, which, without consulting her ally, stated that Austria could not accept...
...half pages, showing how other colleges are preparing for the war, but Yale water polo is a little out of place. Another unfortunate error, marring an otherwise excellent number, is the failure to give Dr. Sargent his proper title. It would be serious enough to refer to him merely as Mr. Sargent in any case, but to do so on the cover is inexcusable...
...service in return for the benefits of citizenship; but some of us believe that military service is not the only form which it may take. We have problems here at home which will continue with us, war or no war, and which will be neglected in the excitement. I refer especially to the housing, feeding and medical care of the poor in our large cities, to the prevention of disease, to the improvement of labor conditions and innumerable others. Some of us may choose such service in preference to military training, even though the cry of coward will continue...