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...crowd surpassing even the greatest pre-Yale football mass meeting turned out in the Living Room of the Union last evening in view of the prospects of war; and there heard "the hose of common sense" turned on the present situation. Major Higginson's text was "Keep your shirt on," and the trend of Dean Briggs' and President Lowell's speeches was the same, with Dean Briggs adding that there was no danger in waiting, because shirts could be torn off in a great hurry, when necessity demanded it. In addition to the speakers, Bishop William Lawrence...
President Lowell, who presided, introduced first Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, as a soldier and a friend of every Harvard...
...Major Higginson emphasized the importance of preparation for war, the question of ability to endure its hardships and to avoid the danger of disease. The immediate question before Harvard students is, "What is the right thing for us to do?" It may be the duty of a man to enter the army, or it may be his duty to stay at home to carry on the affairs of the nation, manufactures, and business; but above all, it should be remembered that it is not the duty of everyone to enlist, and Harvard undergraduates should watch coolly and intelligently...
...advise the Seniors," said Major Higginson, "to finish the year and get their degrees which they have been working for, and deserve; and the younger classes should go on quietly with their work, and remember the great consequence of their education. The young men who learn to use their minds about their lessons will later much more readily learn and hold fast the duties of the soldier or officer, when the actual need arrives. On no account let us fight unless forced in honor to do so, and then let us fight with all the courage and strength...
Following Major Higginson's speech, Dean Briggs was introduced. He avoided all discussion of the war itself, and confined his speech to the expediency of leaving important college work for a task to which duty and necessity have not yet made the call. Declaring that the courage and readiness of Harvard men in times of emergency has not, is not, and never will be doubted, he showed how they were ready in '61, and ready in '98, and said that if necessary they would be ready in 1914. Experience has shown that an entire regiment of Harvard...