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...people. In our opinion the two words, Jew and Jerusalem, are closely associated. We are well aware of the promise of the British Empire. But ahead of both these comes the fact that Jerusalem has been wrested from Turkish rule and German domination. This was the fact that was uppermost in our minds when the news came that Jerusalem had fallen. At present we are thinking more of how to defeat Germany than anything else. The capture of this city was a spark of encouragement that we were making progress in our aim. We did not intend to slight...
...beginning of the college year the particular health problem that was uppermost in the thoughts of everyone was the prevalence of infantile paralysis. After careful consideration and consultation with various experts, not only of the University but also of the state and the country, the University was opened on schedule...
...newspapers. Locally, Dr. William Ashley Sunday is already a superior feature; and toward the end of the week, for a while, even he will yield to football. Not even such illusive suspense as may be manufactured out of the close vote in California and New Mexico avails to keep uppermost in our minds the questions of national honor that we were all willing--or were we willing?--to die for two weeks ago. The human interest of football is unquestioned and unquestionable. It was ever thus among people who had sporting blood in their veins. There were many people...
...football is just now uppermost in the minds of the undergraduate world, the article on "The Problems of the 1916 Defensive" is of primary interest. It is a sanely written account setting forth the prospects of this year's eleven in a way neither too pessimistic nor too full of early-season optimism. "En Route to Mexico," by Roger Batchelder '18, is the best of the two articles on the summer military expedition of "our boys," which with J. A. Goldthwait '17's. "With Battery A on the Border," forms a readable report of activities at the front. "Twilight Practice...
...frequent questions concerning the football situation these days relates to Harvard. Will the Crimson have a strong team? The loss of star players, the delay of Haughton in appearing at the Stadium--these among other considerations are influences which bring speculation of the sort uppermost in the mind of the lover of the autumn game. There is but one answer: of course Harvard will have a strong eleven. It's a moral certainty. And the reason may be given in two words, "fundamental football." No team well versed in the rudiments of play can fail to be a formidable outfit...