Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...treat treason in any form, even on the part of their professors, with the condemnation it deserves. There is no necessity for their being carefully guarded lest they lose that natural love of country and liberty which now inspires their hearty approval and support of the leaders of the nation. Columbia is unjust to her students...
...meet this need. It will gather under its colors the men who, without choosing the soldier's profession, wish to stand ready in case of danger. Their commissions will make them officers in the second line of defence, subject to immediate mobilization--a definite and essential part in the national defence. As such they must be a powerful, disciplined organization, fitted for difficult tasks and heavy responsibilities. They must be able to act promptly and intelligently in great emergencies, just as the French reservists in the present war, who threw themselves into the breach and saved their nation from defeat...
...before them to feel a personal responsibility for the errors and absurdities committed in our legislative chambers and to resolve to correct conditions as now exist by entering politics themselves. If the recent bungling merely provokes criticism by our college men, the future promises no better government for the nation. Our history and government courses have done no good, if they have not convinced us that we must take an active interest in public affairs, or our political system will degenerate. To the wide awake man a new incentive for entering this field occurs every day. Harvard undergraduates should...
...only be properly judged by the next generation. We cannot help realizing that the obstacles in his path have been unprecedented in size and seriousness. The time has come for this majority to forget their preferences of last year and show themselves as whole-hearted supporters of the nation's leader...
...against the dangers that are now so imminent. This very minute when the granting of power to the President is the only means by which this country can fulfill the recognized functions of a respected country, a few Senators are still consciously swayed by party influence and forget the nation. Let them serve as an example to the majority in the University. The present crisis demands a leader. The country has elected a leader. The one great American Party issues the call to all citizens. May the University respond as one man and support the President...