Word: westernizes
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...some phase of the war. The step was prompted by the prevailing it orange as to the events which are in progress in Europe and the obvious necessity for men, particularly those in the R. O. T. C., to become informed of the conditions among the armies on the Western Front...
...blimp," or English type of lighter-than-air machine. The simple balloon is now used almost entirely for training purposes, to accustom the airmen in the handling of their craft. The type of balloon termed the "kite" is known more familiarly as the observation balloon. On the western front these airships hover over the armies, remaining in a nearly stationary position for long periods of time. They thus are poised for a fixed view of the enemy activities and can communicate movements of troops and other information to the headquarters below them. They also do much of the map-making...
...friends is not a personal happiness. We cannot expect the coming year to be one filled with pleasure and merriment, for war means death and no matter how successfully we battle the casualty lists are bound to grow as we take over an ever-increasing part of the Western Front. Yet the happiness which can only be attained through much suffering, for the words happiness and victory are synonymous in the national vocabulary. The year we are just beginning is to be a long-remembered one in the history of the United States, for 1918 is going to show...
...impression is false, and the statements are lies. The death rate in the Allied armies on the western front is only about four times that of the same age, in civil life--and there are many occupations of peace which are no less hazardous than the occupation of making...
Colleges of the Western Conference will probably compete in grenade throwing at their track meets next year if the plan of the athletic directors is adopted. Any such combination of military training with field events deserves the approval of those who wish one to be universal and the other to be continued. By injecting the rivalry of intercollegiate competition into the work of the R. O. T. C. 's, not only will training be undertaken more enthusiastically and thoroughly, but also it will become more widespread. Every effort to turn sports to direct advantage in military preparation...