Word: corpses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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The close of the usual College year leaves the Corps, which has been in the last four months such an intimate part of the College, with a future which we must regard with truth as doubtful, in so far as its primary purpose is concerned.
The refusal of that all-magical Government sanction, which was so eagerly, so optimistically, and so long expected, was naturally disheartening, since it seemed to render negligible all effort of men in the Corps. The withdrawal of the Army officers detailed here is another, and a more immediate misfortune. Rumors...
There is no question that the Corps will continue. There is no question that it will continue successfully, accomplishing as much as it may without Government, which alone may grant commissions. And it is to be presumed that the real purpose of the men who have enrolled is to receive...
The purpose for which the Corps was founded is in nowise altered, nor is its value lessened. Those men who began training with the idea of learning will not be frightened by the Timor or panic of those who follow like sheep in the path where everybody says everybody should...
It is true that, as Government even invoking the shades of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, may not move the universe, so the Corps may not move Government. It is fortunate in like manner that the Corps may not be moved by panic.