Word: mexicans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When one considers the amount of military news which has been filling the American press, together with stories from the Mexican border, it is no wonder that dramatists reach there for material. Augusts Thomas proves to be the present victim and in "Rio Grande," now playing at the Hollis Theatre, he shows his thorough familiarity with soldier life. The plot, which is a complicated one, deals principally with the married life of Colonel and Mrs. Bannard. The latter being much younger than her husband and finding an army post existence weary, has secret relations with a certain Lieutenant Ellsworth...
...their ears the Seniors supposedly are prepared to solve any problem the world may present. The dominating theme of all this advice has been one of service and loyalty to this country of ours. The martial atmosphere of Europe and the present war could which hangs over the Mexican border have influenced young men to believe that the army and navy present the only opportunities to serve one's country. In times of national danger the method of service is undoubtedly clear. It is during "good times" when business is booming and prosperity seems eternal that a different kind...
...date for the Freshman triangular debate has been set for May 5. One of the 1919 teams will argue with Yale in Sanders Theatre and the other will go to Princeton. The subject has not yet been definitely settled, but will probably be on some topic regarding the Mexican situation. There will be a mass meeting in Smith Halls early next week, at which candidates for the Freshman team will report and plans for the season will be discussed...
...Bowdoin, New York University, and a Middle Western state university. . . . Elementary questions about the war, such as the location of Gallipoli and Saloniki, the identity of Venizelos, Viviani, Poincare, . . . were presented to certain college classes, with the result that Venizelos appeared as anything from a French general to a Mexican rebel. . . . The Dean of Bowdoin questions whether students of New England colleges are very steady newspaper readers. . . . The trouble is that if the proper names mean nothing, the reading is of limited good. The fault is in the student's own background. All these colleges are maintaining departments in modern...
Invasions by land, however, have been successful. We are, therefore, vulnerable on our Canadian and Mexican borders. That either Great Britain or Mexico are a serious menace does not lie in the thought of the CRIMSON. It is the German menace which alarms. That cannot come from Canada, I take it; can it come from Mexico? I confess that I am unable to see how Germany alone can undertake any distant operations against us. But there may be new alliances! So there may be. And we might be drawn into some war in the future...