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...paramount lesson of this war is not the need of attempting to insure for victory in the event of war; we must insure against war itself. The road to be travelled is long; complete success must depend on the development of international law and political unity in some form, and on the universal recognition of the absolute futility of war for securing under modern conditions any economic or moral advantage. The leaders in both lines of progress should be drawn from the most intelligent classes in the community,--those composed largely of college graduates...
...evening, March 31, at 8 o'clock. The contest is open to all students enrolled as Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors in Harvard College. The sum of fifty dollars will be awarded in three prizes of $25, $15, and $10; or if in the opinion of the judges some other form of award should seem more fitting, the sum may be differently apportioned, according to the comparative merits of the speakers. By the terms of the gift, all the contestants will be required to speak the same selected speech or piece of literature...
...Great Catherine," by Bernard Shaw, with Miss Gertrude Kingston, will form the chief attraction at the Toy Theatre for the next two weeks, beginning last night. W. L. Bullock '17 is playing, the lead with Miss Kingston, who was the founder and original manager of the Little Theatre in London. I. Pichel '13, former stage-manager at the Castle Square, is acting in "Overruled," the second part of the bill...
...leading up to the present war, and pointed out the difference between the results then and in 1878. Then, Bismarck, through the Congress of Berlin, prevented a general European struggle. But last summer, despite the protestations for peace of all the nations involved, arbitration was ignorred in the simplest form of dispute, that of minor importance between two countries...
Fear has been expressed that the club agreement, printed in its final form this morning, will bring about a "tap day" in the University. But an examination of the agreement will show that there is little danger that prospective club members will have to line up in front of University Hall or anywhere else to be slapped fraternally on the shoulder by their brethren in the bond. Elections will proceed much as before; small groups of men will be taken into the clubs at intervals and without ostentation; there will be no hectic social Waterloo as at Yale...