Word: lets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college undergraduate has the same question to face. He may be unable to make any large purchase, and may, instead, offer his own services to the government as soldier or sailor. But, where it is possible, let him make the effort to do what he can; however little, and thus show that he is alive to the situation. The Liberty Loan is the first big American war enterprise--he cannot afford to sit back placidly, and shift this financial burden onto the shoulders of his fellow-citizens...
...nation, should war be forced upon us, was evident. We had the lessons of ten belligerent countries through months of conflict to guide us. We knew we must have a national army raised by conscription. We knew we must conserve our food supply if we hoped to live and let other nations live. We knew we must have prohibition not only of the manufacture, but of the sale of intoxicants. Without the first measure we could not have armies commesurate with our greatness; without the second we could not feed those armies; without the third we could not maintain...
...Let the breweries, distilleries, and saloons be closed down, and let the army of men now employed in manufacturing position for our people be given jobs on farms, in munition plants, and in the military service. They will pass into other occupations largely as unskilled labor, but there is plenty of use for such labor at the present time...
...let us not overlook the increased efficiency of all classes which is sure to result from the abolition of the liquor business. When Lloyd George made his famous statement: "We are fighting Germany, Austria, and Drink, and so far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is Drink," he was thinking of the slowing-down of the production of munitions by the drunkenness of the workman. America, too, has drunken workmen, and they should be made sober. Moreover, the cost of food is, and will be, very great, so that no man should be permitted...
...Graduate students who have not already signed this resolution may do so at Phillips Brooks House at any time before 5 o'clock Thursday evening. Someone ought to have spunk enough to start a similar petition among the undergraduates. The President is waiting for the development of public opinion. Let every man do his part in its mobilization. EDWIN C. KEMBLE...