Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard Regiment welcomed this morning its opportunity to present arms to the Secretary of War. Organization and reorganization this corps has undergone, each time that a way has partly opened for those who were its members to enter the nation's regular services. Appearing first in the winter of 1915 as the spontaneous full-sweeping effort of Harvard undergraduates to get what training they could at a time when official opportunities for military instruction were at a minimum, the regiment at Cambridge early became a rallying point for the spirit of national service in colleges throughout the East. Improving...
...this the parent stock of the Har- vard Regiment has contributed to the nation's service, and still it remains a hardy growth. In bringing each of its contributions to their maturity, it has gained, for its future direction and work, a corresponding sum of experience. The element of preserved continuity proved its value again this autumn when the officers in charge of the regiment faced a fresh task, after many of their "veterans" had been called to the colors, and when hundreds of entering freshmen had come up for training. The work of organization and training advanced with despatch...
...there anyone who doubts the soundness of an investment endorsed by every business man of the nation? The President has clearly set forth each citizen's duty. Shall we then wait for the first casualty lists to bring the war to our door...
...making a virtue of necessity; but few thoughtful people will feel disposed to make the day one of hilarity. This is a grim and gray time, like the month in which Thanksgiving Day occurs. The constant sense of the country being at war is a drain on the Nation's spiritual forces, and such an anniversary is a time to renew those forces from which a people's moral strength is drawn. --Boston Globe...
...factory charges higher prices for shoddy materials, the clerk is late to the office, the telephone or janitor service is poor "because of the war." It is such an excuse for slackness as slackness has not had in nearly two generations. Because a great burden is laid upon the nation, millions of people feel they can roll various private burdens off their shoulders by four words. The excuse often accentuates the fault. New York Evening Post