Word: books
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...officers of the class of 1921 have appointed the chairmen of the several departments of the Red Book, and the finance, dinner and entertainment committees, which will take charge of the activities of the class for the remainder of the year. The committees will assume their duties immediately. Endeavor has been made to distribute the appointments geographically as well as among the various schools as far as possible...
...Book committee will take charge of the publication of the annual Freshman year book. Competitions in the various departments, which will be conducted by the respective chairmen, will commence on Monday...
From the title and the name of the author one would naturally think that this book related to present conditions in Russia, but it doesn't. It does, however, help to explain the efforts of Lenine and Trotsky in Russia during the past three months by uncovering the underlying motives which controlled their actions,--ideas which, it must be admitted, they have endeavored to live up to consistently. Briefly, these ideas are that the only hope for proletariat control of government is through international socialism accomplished by world-wide revolution; that capital has become international and that the war against...
...book it is most disappointing. It is not in the form of an argument to support his position. It is rather a wail that the socialistic parties of Austria and Germany have deserted the cause of internationalism to shout and fight for the Fatherland. The book is full of quotations from socialistic papers to show how the workers of the middle empires have yielded to the cause of nationalism. It is also a violent denunciation of Germany with its so-called "feudal-monarchical organization based upon a mighty capitalistic foundation". The bulk of the book, with its chapters...
...task was too difficult for him and the captivating platform put forth by the internationalists, some of the planks of which are undeniably good, aided by German intrigue, steadily won the Russian workmen and soldiers. Soon they will learn their mistake. Trotsky will pass from the stage and his book will likewise pass, for it has neither literary, historical or inspirational value. Only for one reason is it worth reading, to find out what international socialists are thinking about the war. This, however, is no unimportant matter, because the contest of the proletariat against capitalism is world-wide. Whoever with...