Word: lets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have reached a period in the world's history when it must be recognized that if we are to maintain peace we must be prepared to defend ourselves. Let us not forget that as the nation is, so are its governments, its public service, its army and its navy...
...into Cambridge as out of it. Formerly, Mr. Kline tells us, the student would sit down "in moments of depression and be relieved of his sorrow in a poem or a story for the Illustrated." Does he not still give scope to his feelings in the college literary magazines? Let us only hope that nowadays the undergraduate public does not read his effusions, excellent as they may be. The college literary magazine is made to be written, not read; the healthiest sign of collegiate life nowadays is the widening of interests to include the maturer world...
...Theodore Roosevelt '80 contributes a highly favorable criticism of the "Life of John Hay," by W. R. Thayer. This work has attracted much commendation of late, and Mr. Roosevelt joins the admirers of Mr. Thayer's biographical ability. "Again let it be said," writes Mr. Roosevelt, "that there was a real need of a biography of John Hay, and that no other living man could have met this need as Mr. Thayer...
...excellent ice surface to shoot from. A new feature which added greatly to accuracy in shooting was the introduction of a wooden frame supporting a target with a red metal disc in the centre. The disc rings when the puck strikes it, and is so arranged as to let the puck go through. The shooting was accurate for the first practice of the year. A. R. Bancroft '17 took the men for a three-mile run after practice...
...large body of men who have neither desire nor prospect of taking part in actual warfare, but who are known throughout the world as potential forces on land and sea. It means especially potential officers. This may be the particular point at which the college man comes in. But let me point out another side of the case, less often dwelt on. It is true that the country needs the military power of its college men, and has a peculiar claim upon them. It is also true that the college man needs the military training. Let me say a word...