Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Princeton was one of the first Institutions to pledge its resources to the nation. As soon as the break occurred in the relations with Germany, President Hibben formally put the entire mechanical equipment and apparatus of the university at the command of the Federal Government. This offer was immediately ratified by the faculty, and if the Princeton campus is wanted as a training camp, the Government...
...University is undoubtedly awake to the gravity of our situation. What with the urgings and exhortations of the nation's patriotic leaders, the majority of eligible men in college, except for the select pacifists who are always with us, are engaged in some sort of military training. The minority have decided what they will do the moment war is declared. No state of indecision exists at Harvard...
This may be all very well for a nation that respects its treaty obligations, but how about Germany, whose most solemn pledges are only "scraps of paper" when it pleases her to violate them? Does any sane person think for a moment that she would give us a "reasoned declaration" if she wanted to strike first? Boston Post...
...With the nation on the verge of war with Germany, the enlisting of members of the University in the Naval Reserve is taking place rapidly. Seven complete units have been organized and over 400 men from the first district, which extends from Eastport, Me., to Chatham, have enrolled for the work. The Government is speeding the work forward as fast as possible in view of the present crisis, and the construction of nine new torpedo boat chasers is being rushed...
...whether it was dashed off for the occasion, in which case it would be discourteous to criticize it. Mr. Maxim takes the patriotic eagle severely to task for having ceased to scream. With all respect we would suggest that a screaming eagle is not a happy symbol for any nation, that what our patriotism suffers from more than anything else is a super-abundance of screaming, and that perhaps when we have ceased to scream we shall begin...