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...article to the Daily Princetonian; President Hibben, of Princeton, urges men who are prevented by one reason or another from entering the service of the Government, to view the national situation calmly and not allow the present military propaganda to urge them into work for which they are not adapted. President Hibben believes that there are many reasons to justify men holding steadily to their present tasks, whether by remaining in the university or by taking up other non-military work...
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Princeton was one of the first institutions to offer its resources to the Government, for, soon after the breaking off of relations with Germany, President Hibben, with the accordance of the faculty, placed the facilities of Princeton at the disposal of the Government...
President Hibben says that the regular academic work will continue as usual if war is declared, but that the scholastic schedule will be lightened to allow the students who are now at work in military training to put more time on such activities. It is planned to keep the different volunteer soldiers and officers at the university, as the site at Princeton is regarded as being as well fitted for hastening training as any in New Jersey...
Princeton was one of the first Institutions to pledge its resources to the nation. As soon as the break occurred in the relations with Germany, President Hibben formally put the entire mechanical equipment and apparatus of the university at the command of the Federal Government. This offer was immediately ratified by the faculty, and if the Princeton campus is wanted as a training camp, the Government...