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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose of the battalion is to give the members some knowledge of military matters and a general insight into the actual workings of an army in operation...
...might say, too, that military training is the other half of all education of character. Training of the will must begin with control of the body. Moral training must have at least two sides: theoretical instruction in ethical principles, and the actual development of habits. Greek education made the habit-building primary: their "gymnastics" had the purpose of building body and character alike. Our universities have all but dropped the development of the will by habit. Of course, every task and responsibility involves some moral training, and every college has its routine of demands. But the foundation of all character...
...means the training of a large body of men who have neither desire nor prospect of taking part in actual warfare, but who are known throughout the world as potential forces on land and sea. It means especially potential officers. This may be the particular point at which the college man comes in. But let me point out another side of the case, less often dwelt on. It is true that the country needs the military power of its college men, and has a peculiar claim upon them. It is also true that the college man needs the military training...
...some). And it doesn't link up with anything more substantial. Military training meets both these deficiencies. It is capable of taking care of the entire student body. And it is linked up with the life of the nation. In fact it is, or can be made, an actual piece of the nation's life. It is the natural counterpart of the years of study, and an excellent supplement to athletics as they...
...final count of the collection, taken up between the halves of the Yale game last Saturday resulted in the total of $11,537.39. The object of the contribution as announced at that time, was for "The War Sufferers in Europe," and the actual distribution of the funds has just been made public by the committee in charge, composed of President Lowell, Dean Briggs, and Major Higginson...