Word: let
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Barre made an excellent showing at the subsequent Plattsburg, and they are making an even better showing today as officers in the National Army. But Harvard's camp was an infantry camp to train infantry officers. Artillery, signal corps and engineer officers are just as urgently needed. Let the colleges devoted to these varying interests poor their resources. Let the infantry of Harvard, the artillery of Yale and the engineering of Technology join forces in another great effort to meet the di- verse needs of a country at last seriously...
...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...
Therefore, all we ask of the Athletic Committee is the restoration of the indispensable--the factor bringing success in our spring athletics. We do not petition for a blind return to the old evils. Let highly-paid coaches, extensive advertising, and the general commercialization of amateur athletics lie buried as they now are by the present war. A little longer and they may be stifled for good and all. A return to intercollegiate games does not mean a return to evils. A return to Intercollegiates does mean athletic attainment. It is for this...
...Let America take heed. Let us sacrifice our petty criticisms to the need of maintaining a united front. The English political genius will no doubt solve the present problem. Yet the occurrence of the break means a distinct loss. Although America might patch up like internal difficulties, it nevertheless can not afford to risk a disorganization such as is threatening England. A house divided against itself must surely fall. Stand intelligently behind your government and avoid that criticism which breeds dissension, political discord, and the poisoning of our entire effort...
...experience we have learned that in time of peace it is well to prepare for war. Let us not have to learn by our own mistakes that in time of war we should prepare for peace as well...