SION, SIMPLICITY, EUPHONY

Adams Sherman Hill, professor of rhetoric at Harvard University for
nearly 30 years, gives these three rules for good writing:

Precision: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same
sense, that one should be chosen which is susceptible of only one
interpretation. Observance of this rule tends to give each word a
meaning of its own.

Simplicity: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same
sense, the simpler should be chosen. The simpler a word or phrase, the
more likely it is to be understood, and simplicity in language, like
simplicity in dress or manners, belongs to the best society.

Euphony: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same sense,
that one should be chosen which is the more agreeable to the ear. It is
of course wrong to give undue weight to considerations of euphony, but
when no sacrifice is involved it is desirable to avoid an expression
that is unusually difficult to pronounce or to substitute for an
extremely disagreeable word one that is agreeable to the ear.

FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE WAR

June 28, 1914--Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to throne of
Austria-Hungary, and wife shot by Gavrio Prinzip, a Bosnian, at
Sarajevo, Bosnia.

July 28--Austria declares war on Serbia.

Aug. 1--Germany declares war on Serbia.

Aug. 4--Great Britain declares war on Germany.
Germany proclaims state of war between Germany and Belgium.
Wilson proclaims U. S. neutrality.

Aug. 6--Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

Aug. 7--Montenegro declares war on Austria.

Aug. 8--British troops land in France.

Aug. 12--Great Britain declares state of war with
Austria-Hungary.

Aug. 19--Germans occupy Louvain.

Aug. 20--Germans occupy Brussels.

Aug. 23--Japan declares war on Germany.

Aug. 31--St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd.

Sept. 1--After seven days' battle Russians take Lemberg.

Sept. 3--French capital transferred to Bordeaux.

Sept. 4--Germans occupy Rheims.

Sept. 10--Joffre reports five-day battle at the Marne a victory.

Sept. 28--Japanese invest Tsing-Tau.

Oct. 9--Antwerp surrenders.

Oct. 13--Seat of Belgian capital moved from Ostend to Havre.

Oct. 21-31--First battle of Ypres.

Nov. 5--Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey.

Nov. 10-12--Second battle of Ypres.

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