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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Hughes is elected," E. R. Roberts 1L said, "he will find himself supported by a party which is not united upon any principle. The country now has a leader who has stability and will to lead the nation aright in foreign and domestic affairs...
...Gallishaw's is not one of the great books of the war. It lacks the skill of the professional writer, the humor and insight of the trained observer, which we find in "The First Hundred Thousand." It is however, a thoroughly good piece of work for a novice at journalism. Primarily a personal narrative it succeeds in giving a picture of the methods of fighting "Johnny Turk," and a general idea of that most splendid of failures, the Gallipoli campaign. The framework of the story is the brilliant career of the First Newfoundland Regiment, from which the author was parted...
Boston leads in the number of opportunities offered to a student for close observations of great questions. One has only to search the columns of any daily paper to find the variety of predigested information furnished in the city, much of it on Sunday. Ford Hall meetings, Tremont Temple addresses, public library meetings, Lowell lectures and Faneuil Hall meetings, not to mention special lectures, crowd into view. The majority of students sleep half of Sunday and loaf the other half, or spend the entire day seeking a mild sort of amusement. How much better to utilize Sunday afternoons and evenings...
...preference for Hughes over Wilson is based chiefly on points of foreign policy. I am in sympathy with the organized labor movement in this country, and I believe that movement will find a sincerer friend in Hughes than in Wilson. I am in sympathy with the German-American citizens of this country, and I believe that in dealing with them Hughes will show greater political sagacity and a keener sense of historical values than has the Anglophile author of the "History of the American People...
...retained the respect of a great nation. Had we brought England to her senses by so simple an expedient as the stoppage of munitions, we might have prevented the pilfering of our mails and an insolent dictation in our private affairs. Thanks to Wilson's compliancy, we may soon find ourselves among those peaceful but weak nations whose rights England has so generously undertaken to protect...