Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...student must learn that concentration on the work at hand is the best preparation for war. He must learn that thoroughness in the execution of civil and military duties is essential. He must not, by his slovenliness, practice sabotage with existent machinery. He must strive to make college more valuable than usual. He must carry on. --Michigan Daily...
...serve best his country and his kind, to lead them both away from international and civil warfare, a man should be not only informed, but most of all ennobled. He must be able to realize what his actions mean to the welfare and happiness of others. He must possess a sympathetic understanding, an unfaltering courage, and a keen perception of what is true and right. We look to our American colleges to accomplish this. C. S. JOSLYN...
General Sumner is a veteran of the Civil and Spanish Wars. He fought in the battles of Fair Oaks and Antietam, and was commissioned a major in 1865 for his work in the Vicksburg campaign. He commanded a cavalry brigade and division in the Cuban campaign before his retirement in 1906. He has had wide experience in many Government enterprises and is well informed on the question of Liberty Bonds, with which the debate will be largely concerned...
...after the war, what then? That which has occurred will probably do so again. And if we look at the Napoleonic and Civil Wars we see that they were both followed by ages of materialism. There has been an enormous destruction of material and loss of wealth in this war, and it is but natural that the thoughts of all should turn at once to building and saving. But if that is all we think of, we are gone. The young men must say, 'We will not allow things to drop while we save, but will spend our time...
...club are now devoting their time to some kind of Government service. Of this number, 916 are enrolled in the fighting forces of the Allies, while 464 are engaged in auxiliary service such as the Home or State Guards, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., Government or civil service work...