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Conversely, those students most uninformed about world affairs were most willing to fight. Texas, for example, could muster only 17% "well informed" students, compared with the College's 34%. But Texas students were among the most willing to bear arms. Southern students in general rated higher in combativeness and lower in information about what they were fighting for. Nor was there much of a feeling of guilt among students in the ten colleges because their preferred educational status kept them civilians. When asked whether they "found themselves apologizing to people for not being in uniform," those who didn't want...
...blood over that. Unallocated funds, which the Corporation uses to cover this deficit, are the scarcest item in modern education, and the Governing Board cannot afford to spend them on anything but the most vital needs. Graduate schools ordinarily do not qualify. As a matter of policy they must muster their own funds, pay their...
Colgate did not always have such wealthy patrons. The thirteen men who meet in a little room in Hamilton in 1819 to found what they called the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute could muster up only a dollar apiece, but they each offered up a prayer for the institution's success...
...Troops. The Gimo's chief interest remains where it always was-with his fighting men. Statistically, the Nationalists claim an army of 600,000 men; actually, they can muster no more than 150,000 combat-worthy soldiers, organized in twelve divisions. Man for man, the Nationalist troops are in a fine state of training, well-fed, well-clothed and as pugnacious as terriers. U.S. military observers here are sure that they would give an excellent account of themselves if the Reds attacked Formosa. But at present, and certainly for the next year, the decisive factor in the defense...
...temporary chairman comes before the convention for confirmation, they can nominate someone else from the floor and try to get their man in. But that would involve a serious risk. If Hallanan won that fight, wavering delegates might take it as an indication that the Ikemen could never muster enough votes to win, and a stampede to Taft might start...