Word: armament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...debate opened with a statement of the opinions of each side, J. T. L. Jeffries '15 speaking first for the affirmative. The discussion then resolved itself into a question of armament, with summer camps figuring as an aid in increasing the strength of the country's defences...
When questioned on the subject of an increase in our national armament, President Eliot said that he favored rational improvements in our army without increasing its size. "My opinion," declared President Eliot, "is that the army of the United States should be well maintained on its present scale; and that the navy should be gradually made the most effective possible in the light of naval experience in the present war; but that it should not be increased in size. I also think that the national government should secure a large stock of the best possible artillery of all sorts,--again...
This is the first Forum to be held under the new constitution. The second Forum of the year, on the armament question, and the fourth, on beer, resulted in ties; and the third, on President Wilson's administration resulted in a victory for his supporters...
...debate between the University team and Yale on the armament question Friday night therefore is of unusual importance in that it will be a fruitful source for information that is carefully authenticated, pre-digested, and served up in most tempting style for the inert undergraduate. The men of both teams have been spending busy weeks preparing their arguments. They have sifted their facts thoroughly, eliminated the chaff, and dressed them up in the best possible garb. No speaker will make a point of showing the seamy side of his case; but hostile critics will come before and after...
...answer of the militarist doubtless is that he is quite ready to give up armaments as soon as the other nations do, but till then let us protect ourselves. And it is just there that the pacifist of today, and especially of the United States, has an opportunity unequalled in all history to serve the cause of civilization. When the present war is over the belligerents will be in a state of exhaustion from which they cannot recover in less than a generation at least. Men and women throughout the entire civilized world will have endured and seen suffering such...