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...other point is that, should the German army, in its next effort towards the west, succeed in breaking the line south or southwest of Amiens, it will then be faced by a problem which its method of advance renders especially difficult. The Germans, since 1870, have consistently employed the methods of what are known as linear strategy; that is, each group of the army advances along its own line of communication, along closely delimited and parallel battle strips. This virtually compels the army to advance in a straight line. And, if a change of direction, as is indicated...
...instances I have given above, the motive of the action was openly selfish and materialistic: private gain or personal comfort was the end desired. This materialistic motive pervades all human society at the present time; it lies at the heart of the social problem. Unfortunately, the evil is a difficult one to remedy; an easier and more effective method is to prevent it. Does Mr. Lazarus think this can be done by recognizing and encouraging in our system of education "a frank striving for money?" I do not. Does Mr. Lazarus think that military and economic warfare can be averted...
Cheerfulness is a virtue ordinarily so difficult of achievement in these days that the editor of the Graduates' Magazine must be congratulated on the optimistic tone of the March number. The note is struck in Mr. Wister's sketch of the late Evert Jansen Wendell, in which the great-hearted "perpetual undergraduate" is depicted wart and all. The secret of Wendell's personality was an abiding youthfulness or, to use Mr. Wister's phrase, an innocence that "never shrank from its full original stature." Like all youths he was swept ahead by enthusiasms, sometimes to the detriment of social conventions...
...their first long workout of the season yesterday, rowing downstream for a considerable distance below the Cottage Farm Bridge. Coach Haines devoted his attention to the two upper crews of each squad, following the shells in the Pup I, which was launched yesterday. Though smooth rowing was rendered difficult by numerous cakes of floating ice, Coach Haines was satisfied with the workout, declaring that the University eight showed excellent form for only the third time on the water. Five of the lower boats, made up principally of green men, rowed from Weld under the direction of Coach Brown, while...
...meets with these two rivals are problematical. It seems probable that at least the Blue, the chances will be very nearly even. Both squads are handicapped by the loss of many former stars; neither can rely absolutely on this year's material. Princeton will be a more difficult problem...