Word: americans
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Four thousand, nine hundred and twenty men of American universities have given their lives in the great war, of whom, the University, with 297, or nearly three per cent, of the teachers, graduates, and former and present students who took an active part in the great struggle, has lost a larger number than any other institution. The figures, which have just been compiled, are not complete, as men are still dying of wounds suffered or diseases contracted during the war. It is safe to say that the whole number of those who have been killed will be close...
...percentage of American college men who gave up their lives in the Civil War is much larger than that of those who made the great sacrifice in the present war, although the total number is much smaller. The University's percentage of 11.2 in the war of secession is more than eight per cent, greater than the present rate, but only 1,232 students took part in that struggle, of whom 138 died...
Inspiring and thrilling as is the record of American college men in the present world struggle, it is yet not so moving as that made by the colleges of our allies. The universities of Canada have sent forth a far greater proportion of their graduates than have the colleges and universities of this country, and a greater proportion of them have been killed. The University of Toronto, for instance, contributed about 5,400 men from students' bench and professors' chair, of whom 604 gave up their lives, or somewhat more than 10 per-cent. Similar contributions have been made...
...corporation also passed a special vote of appreciation to universities in France and England for the generous attitude they have taken toward American college men in the army...
...also glad that the "Legion" is to be non-partisan. Without the least bit of partisanship, but with purely American principles, we can find plenty to think about and plenty to do. It is our duty to lend our support and our influence to purely American ideals. I do not mean that I think America's fighting men to be reactionary in their policies. They are not. But I do believe they are the sort that will oppose certain agitators who uphold doctrines which in other countries resulted in revolution,--doctrines which oppose the system of government under which...