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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time when the value of a system of compulsory military training for all able-bodied young Americans must be clear to the most obdurate advocate of peace. The military training of citizens does not mean militarism. It means the perpetual protection of citizenship. But we must now get along with raw troops trained as quickly as possible. The work can be done. There is no problem in the situation that cannot be solved, but in the future we must have a permanent army of trained citizens that will be ready for any emergency. --New York Times...
...seem probable that the United States could have sent Bernstorff home without having Germany fly at America, if the Allies had not been keeping her busy in Europe? If peace had come before the entrance of this country into the war Germany would have jumped at the chance of get on her feet by securing a huge war indemnity here...
...Your Reserve Officers" Training Corps is certainly on the right track, and a small contingent of United States soldiers sent over to Europe would greatly strengthen the bonds between free countries, and the reception they would get in England and France would be extraordinary. It will be worth while to establish the best kind of relations because perhaps ten years from now it will be a good idea for England and America to be together on the side of democracy...
...will close today. Men who still have articles they wish to give are requested to deliver them to the collectors in their dormitories, while those living in private houses who wish to contribute are requested to bring their offerings to the nearest dormitory. The wagon will be around to get the clothes, books and magazines from the entry collectors at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Collectors are reminded to leave everything collected on the floor in front of the doors in their room, and to leave their door unlocked this afternoon...
There are two items, however, which do get "His Bridal Night" across, and they are the Dolly Sisters, the splendid Roszica and the incomparable Yancsi (pronunciation need not be attempted). Anyone who has seen these two in the Winter Garden things of former years would hardly give them credit for even an ounce of real dramatic ability, no matter how prejudiced he was because of their physical charm. But they prove the mistake of such an opinion in their work of osculation and keeping certain men guessing. Surely such things rank high among feminine arts. And when the Dolly Sisters...