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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Dean Briggs, in whom the Athletic Committee has placed the power to cancel all the intercollegiate contests in which the University is concerned whenever the occasion seems to require it, stated yesterday to a CRIMSON reporter that no definite action would be taken in this direction until word had been received of the actual declaration of war. There is little doubt but that all sports will be stopped as soon as that declaration is made, however, and Yale and Princeton will take similar action...
Last night at eight o'clock President Wilson delivered a momentous address before Congress, advocating that a state of war with Germany be declared. Congress will necessarily support the President and pass Congressman Flood's resolution, and by this action it will be fulfilling the ardent desire of every patriotic citizen. After the formal declaration will come the call for five hundred thousand volunteers, additional recruits for the navy, and then the marshalling of the nation's resources for the successful combat against the Hohenzollern government of Germany...
...Those men in college and out of college. . . . are guilty of a misconception of their duty. They are ignoring the fact that our nation has been called up on to express itself in action. If they were merely disloyal to their nation in being loyal to the whole of humanity, they would be justified. (?) But . . . they are failing to serve to their utmost ability that greater cause which they have undertaken to uphold. They are failing both the nation and the race. Let them stop to take thought, lest unwittingly they be doubly disloyal...
...above, a matter-of-fact newspaper account of the death of an ambuance driver, H. G. Suckley '10, in the American Ambulance Service. "Shortly after the beginning of the war he volunteered in the Ambulance and served in the Vosges Mountains through the winter of 1915. For bravery in action during the intense attack by the Germans, lasting over a month, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and promoted to sous-lieutenant. In this capacity he served at Malzeville, Verdun and Port-a-Mousson, distinguishing himself at all times by his executive ability and coolness under shell-fire. Last...
...money." Politically this nation will aid in the final overthrow of a Prussianized aggressive government that has shown a continued disrespect for the traditional rights of belligerents and neutrals alike. It would seem idiotic not to be able to conclude from these two statements the obvious course of action for this country. Yet many of us feel that a mere declaration of war is all that is necessary to regain our national honor and make us a glorious ally of the Entente. Naturally, this step will give a certain amount of moral support to the Allies, but real...