Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Wednesday's communication have assumed a premise to their argument with which the present writer is unable to agree. They call the proposed system "compulsory" instead of "universal" military service--and declare that it will be undemocratic and un-Christian because it involves the compulsion of conscience. Yet they admit that the proposed law will provide for conscientious scruples. Surely they do not put much faith in our ability to administer the law justly, and surely they do not consider that we shall be so busy organizing and training the millions who will be willing to learn to fight...
...approval of the step, while five come out as opposed to it. Not all of the 17 believe in a military course at the university, but all agree as to its general need and the opportunities for physical development that it offers. Two of the professors who oppose it admit its value physically...
...cannot even commence to take effect until the European War is brought to a close. In the meantime, with the outcome still trembling in the balance, ought we to omit preparations for all possible emergencies through reliance on a plan of universal peace, which even its most ardent supporters admit is at present little more than an ambitious hope? And it must also be noted that if a League to Enforce Peace does become a reality, the United States will be called upon to furnish its quota of the forces which are to police the world...
...rather, the day before the meeting withdrew the permission that had already been given by the College Office. Due to the courtesy of the Harvard Union, to the fact that a room happened to be available that evening, and to the Union's willingness to make an exception and admit all members of the Union, the meeting was held in a small room in the Union; and so, as it happened, no harm was done beyond having to change the announcements and to turn away a few would be hearers. The reason that the Corporation threw the Verein upon...
...best instructing the large classes in physics and chemistry. Enough has been written already about the glaring deficiencies of the Hemenway Gymnasium. Although there are numerous new buildings that are needed at once, the scientific equipment for use in many of the graduate courses is not sufficiently modern to admit the best results in research work...