Word: movement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those gentlemen who oppose the movement for a battalion on the ground that it will be of "no great military value" suggest that Harvard students enlist in the militia. Undoubtedly this is a significant suggestion, but it cannot be executed with any degree of appreciation, for students do not find it convenient to enlist in the militia. When we consider the large number of students that have responded to the call for voluntary military training within a period of three days, we cannot but conclude that the formation of a Harvard Battalion presents a convenience far greater than does...
...time which can be given to the drill and instruction of the large group of men now signed up. In fact I am convinced that for many of us the actual military knowledge which we expect to acquire is of minor significance. The all-important features of the whole movement are these: that at last there has been some definite step taken by Harvard University students to show not only by words but by action the widespread realization of the responsibility of the individual to the Government for the maintenance of the country's integrity; that to date over...
...Richard Gilmore Appel, organist, assisted by Mandeville J. Barker, bass, will give an organ recital in St. John's Memorial Chapel, Episcopal Theological School, this evening at 8.15 o'clock. The following program will be presented: Festival March, Bantock Sonata in B-flat minor (Second Movement) Wolfrum Mr. Appel Advent Prose--"Drop down, ye heavens" (Plainsong) "Sons of the Church, Arise" (English Traditional Melody) Mr. Barker Song of Joy Frysinger Kyrie Eleison Reger Toccata Bossi Mr. Appel Advent Hymn--"Conditor alme siderum" (Plainsong) Christmas Song, "O Jesu so meek" Bach Mr. Barker Choral Prelude, "In dulci juhilo" Bach Berceuse Dickinson...
...another column is printed an article by Dr. Sargent emphasizing the fact that physical fitness is of far greater importance in the movement toward preparedness than is military drill. Granted; but Dr. Sargent goes on to minimize the value of a university battalion on the ground that students' time might better be employed either on the athletic field or in the State Militia. What about those men who do not participate in athletics and who are not members of the militia, yet who might be induced to join such an organization as is proposed for the University...
...movement for preparedness has gained great impetus in universities throughout the country and the present steps to establish a Harvard voluntary battalion seems only to be a reflection of what is being done in higher institutions of learning all over the country...