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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...real hero is not the unthinking man, as in the fine old picture, but is critical and rather pessimistic. Let him who says that criticism of government is unpatriotic go learn the primer of citizenly rights. The right of free speech is one of our choicest acquisitions as the result of war, and war must not interfere with it. This realm knows no state of siege which closes the mouths...
...have been pained to learn, from graduates in different parts of the country, that the men whom the Republic is about to expose to bullets and yellow fever suspect this University community of lukewarm loyalty to the country which it has served so often and so simply. If we can not all of us join these men, let us at least not insult them by saying that their lives are less valuable than ours. If we can not convince them that we are patriotic, let us at least not convince them that we are cads...
...urging the undergraduates to prepare for an emergency which might call for their services, Professor Hollis, in his letter of Thursday, expressed the opinion that the quickest way for students to be useful is to learn to handle and care for their arms...
...generosity of a few graduates has provided arms for all those students who wish to prepare for the emergency which may call for their services, and the quickest way to be useful is to learn to handle and care for their arms...
Since Lieutenant Robinson expressed his opinion, that in view of the conditions then existing it was the duty of every young man to learn the tactics of military drill, developments have been many and important, and now this duty is manifest. Since then also, not only have many undergraduates already identified with military drill in the State militia, volunteered for the public service, but a number have enlisted as raw recruits. As individuals these are to be commended for their patriotic enthusiasm, but it seems possible that the mass of young college bred men can prove more useful if they...