Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...though not an undergraduate ask for some of your space in which to discuss the platform of the Harvard Union for American Neutrality as presented in your issue of the 15th...
...honor is not to be defended by retaliation." This implies that after all national honor is somewhat involved and that we are going to retaliate. God for-bid that we retaliate, that we do to Germany what she has done to us! But what does the Harvard Union for American Neutrality mean by honor? Our people have been killed, not by accident, but deliberately, repeatedly killed and our honor is not involved! We are told that, given more opportunities, more of our people will be killed, and our honor is untouched! What is meant by honor...
...duty as humans to help care for the wounded and dying over there; we are not going on any international joy ride. Those of us who have been among the people of the countries at war know that Harvard has done more than any other American university to help relieve the suffering in this war, and we must maintain that record...
...repeat these questions so as to fit the war issue. Will war defend American lives on the seas or destroy them? Are there no alternatives which will more effectively defend American lives on the seas and with less damage to the lives and institutions on land? Suppose there are not. Then are lives on the seas more precious than the lives and activities on land, which would be burned up by war? Against sea rights we must set the rights of those who stay at home to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." We must remember that much...
...columns and lattices covered with smilax enclosed the boxes, and strings of rosebuds lit with tiny electric bulbs draped from the chandeliers. Baskets of lotus set on columns, marked the entrance to the Living Room. The orchestra was enclosed behind spreading fans of flowers. From the balcony hung the American flag, while at the other end was the Harvard 1918 banner. The several hundred who attended the dance proclaimed it a success and were loath to leave when the orchestra played "Home, Sweet Home...