Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most important argument in favor of an All-College Camp such as we propose would be the possibilities of its relations with the Government. Hitherto, the War Department, although acknowledging the good for the cause done by individual units of the R. O. T. C., has never been able to support the best of the corps as they deserved because of the impossibility of distinguishing between institutions. If we pooled our interests which are the same to start with, namely, to increase the efficiency of future officers and men and at the same time pooled our equipment, experience, and instructors...
...boys have been reading, which is a good sign; one of them has been reading a real, modern, Russian novel, and enthusiastically reviews "The Bracelet of Garnets." A mere review is not enough for Mr. La Farge, who, under cover of Lowes Dickinson's heavy artillery, dauntlessly assaults the Catholic Church in America and all the other churches in America. Unfortunately he has not reconnoitered the enemy's position; he knows very little about Protestant theology, and less, if anything, about Catholic theology, discipline, education, or policy. Nor has he waited for ammunition; he has not even facts enough...
...Government has co-operated with the stage in this attempt to offer good productions to the soldiers and sailors by providing a Liberty Theatre at each of the 16 cantonments in this country. The Y. M. C. A. and C. M. A. have also set up stages at many camps. Several first-rate companies of actors have of fered their services to the Government...
From those first steps a general and lasting friendship has grown up between the service and the civilian public. The barrier between seems to have dropped out of sight for good. For the benefit of those of us who will find it pleasant to enjoy home hospitality after the war, and for the general reputation of the service, let us maintain the high reputation that we enjoy in this and in many another community. --The Oscillator...
That trust has not been shaken one jot. That enthusiasm has not waned, although it has become tempered and sobered. It is not that a possible defeat is staring us in the face and that it is consequently good for our national morale. Such theories may be effective with an athletic team, but they do not apply to nations. Yet it is incontrovertible that an appreciation of the real gravity of a situation is a source of strength. To carry on a good fight one must know what the measure of his antagonist is. Now for the first time...