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This first number of the Advocate begins by urging the undergraduates to take their due part in military preparation, and ends with a reminder that "in former crises men have been inspired to clearer thought and more spontaneous expression," and with a summons to "literary activity of the right sort...
...meantime there are unquestionably strong forces at work beneath the surface to bring about an early peace. As it becomes clearer to all concerned that a military decision is not to be expected in the near future, peace tends to become more a political than a military question. The problem of offering a more exact statement of our war aims assumes new interest. The many long and weary months of war are bound to cause a shifting of emphasis from the immaterial ideal with which we entered the war to the material results of victory. We are more...
...those who stand face to face with the fact of war see with a clearer vision, and know that the fore boding of those who have declared war is so ghastly are the words of cravens. We see men who have been striving after the futile things of life suddenly become magnificent in their vision. We see selfish men grown generous and careless men stirred to passion by the deep love of country. We see the awakening of a dormant people, and know how terrible are many of the ways of peace...
...order to make the matter of expenses clearer it is repeated that all drivers will be provided with a uniform and outfit, and will be given their food and lodging from the time they reach Paris until they leave to return home. The volunteers themselves will furnish only articles of personal apparel and minor importance, the total cost of which will not amount to much. Each man should provide himself with a minimum of $100, however, for personal expenses, and as a ten-day vacation will be given each driver, a larger sum would be advisable. Although all volunteers must...
...wanders into couplets and out again. Three other poets show the influence of the season in a "Ballad of Love," a "Love Dream," and a "Call of the Spring." Two of these are examples of amatory pantheism, somewhat obscurely though not ineffectively expressed. Mr. Nelson's effort is simpler, clearer, more cheerful, and on the whole more pleasing...