Word: basic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This reveals a condition of things which we had hoped would never arise in an American university, namely, the carrying over of military distinction into academic life. The great rallying cry of the Allies has been, "Make the world safe for Democracy." Surely no more direct refutation of this basic principle of equality could be possible than in singling out certain war heroes to receive honor from their Alma Mater, and leaving others unhonored and unsung. It is not difficult to appreciate the feelings of the enlisted man who, after sacrificing his studies to serve his country, returns to find...
...basic problem under such a scheme would be that of finance and membership. First-year men should be required to belong to the Union, paying their membership fee of ten dollars upon their term bill...
...late to enter the war, made her part more glorious by the gift to world necessities of no inconsiderable number of great men. Above all these stand out President Wilson and ex-President Roosevelt. Mr. Wilson's most notable work was his prompt crystallization in aresting phrases of the basic principles of the Allied cause, an accomplishment which came just in time to knit up loose ends of the national fabric in more Allied countries than one. He interpreted humanity's task in a way that solidified public opinion the world over and made it harder for every cynical doubter...
...hardest. Those of the Navy have a different way of expressing it. They assert that the seventh, fourteenth and twenty-first years will be the toughest. Either or neither may be right. The fact remains that in their jesting way the men of service have expressed a basic truth which we all must come to realize sooner or later. The war will be long and the war will be hard. There is but one way to shorten the conflict or make the task set before us less difficult. We must prepare...
...Attendance at the camps will be limited to (1) members of the advanced course, Reserve Officers' Training Corps units; and (2) such other selected members of Senior Divisions, Reserve Officers' Training Corps units, who have received military instruction equivalent to the basic course and one year of the advance course prescribed by General Order No. 49, War Department...