Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Among the other pictures to be shown is "With the American Army in Mexico," a film taken by a special representative of the Government. It reveals the life of the American troops on the border. The comic films are "Mutt and Jeff in the Trenches" and "Mutt and Jeff in the National Guard," a series of animated cartoons by Bud Fisher...
...American Field Ambulance Service is starting a campaign to secure men for one or possibly two more units to be sent to France next June. It will also be possible for those men who wish to start work earlier to do so. The recruiting station at 17 Grays Hall will be reopened and information concerning the character and length of the service may be obtained there daily from 5 to 6 o'clock, or from W. H. Wheeler, Jr., '18 at 27 Holyoke street...
...case of an outbreak of hostilities between Germany and the United States the American Ambulance will continue to send men abroad to carry on the work and in the event of the despatch of an American expeditionary force as many of the sections as necessary will be attached to it. Should additional military forces be sent over by this Government more ambulance units will be created to support them. An excellent opportunity is thus offered to those men physically unfit for military service to "do their bit" for the cause of this country and the Allies...
With a ticket sale that promises an even greater audience than in past years and a subject involving the most important problem of American foreign policy, the debate with Yale in Sanders Theatre tonight takes on an interest and significance far exceeding that of ordinary contests. The question of whether the United States should depart from its traditional diplomatic policies and enter into entangling alliances in Europe is one which this country must face within the next few weeks as well as at the close of the war. While the United States is not legally at war, it many...
Another educator applies a similar criticism to the research and graduate work done in American colleges. He finds that students doing more advanced work do not show the initiative and originality they should, and consequently are passive and docile in their thoughts. The reason given by this writer for such submissiveness of mind is to be found in the present system of wholesale memory work. Lecture notes and contents of books are learned for the occasion only and do not become a permanent mental possession to serve as a background for the more advanced work...