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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...nearly as I can gather, the militarists' arguments in support of that premise are somewhat as follows: Man has always fought; therefore he will always continue to fight. It is true that the world is advancing, but--look at Europe. (Here the pacifists may be pardoned for a reference to the United States and Canada). All law and order, all national and international equilibrium, are ultimately based upon arms, proceeds Mr. Militarist. One enthusiastic "Amateur Soldier" even suggests that government is merely a matter of brute force. Others are frequently heard to say that though perhaps force is not always...
...fast going out of date. It is in the boarding schols that the universal ambition to be somebody and to influence the character of somebody else finds its widest scope. Salaries in boarding schools, moreover, compare favorably with salaries in colleges. No one going into schoolmastering should look for financial gain and no one should stay out fearing financial loss...
...That country by means of a military system, which many of our experts advise for adoption here, has compelled both France and Germany to respect her neutrality for the past eight months. To see what her condition might be today without a well-organized militia, one only has to look at Belgium. Geographical conditions have aided her, but those alone would not have stopped a stronger power from invading during the past months...
...Brooks House has 72 undergraduates working to prevent weather in Cambridge, the squad being in charge of A. J. Weatherhead '15. In addition, a special and urgent meeting of the Student Council will be held three weeks from next Thursday to see if a committee cannot be appointed to look into the matter...
...slaughter will be less one-sided than usual, but invites all those who care to witness the utter rout of the Mt. Auburn street humorists to await further announcements. The Phillips-Batchelder trophy will be placed on exhibition in the Square shortly, so that Lampoon editors may have a look at it before it returns to its place of state in the CRIMSON Sanctum for another year...