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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...advantage over your country in that for years both Oxford and Cambridge have had a kind of officers' training corps, and although it was more or less a side issue and not taken as seriously as the R. O. T. C. in the United States, nevertheless, it has given hundreds of men a grounding in the first principles of military training. For years we had a certain amount of military drill, so when the war came we had a solid foundation on which to work. The college men of England furnished a great many officers for the army...
...editors of the Freshman Red Book have decided that even if war should occur between the United States and Germany, the Red Book will nevertheless be published. Because of the probability of the war starting within a short time, it has been decided to hasten the work in all the departments as much as possible. This is especially necessary in the photographic department as the members of the Naval Reserve and the men who will take up training in the aviation section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps may leave College shortly. The photographic committee has fortunately obtained the pictures...
Progress toward the summum bonum in education has been slow during the last five thousand years but nevertheless it has been encouraging. We may trust the time will soon come when the great high schools of the country will give courses in merchandising, emphasizing the practical side of it, of course, as for example, teaching the eager youth of the country how to dispose of dry goods in the basement for five dollars that goes begging on the first floor at two dollars and fifty cents...
...units to France. He rather emphasizes the point that through the work and sacrifices of these units the Allies have been brought to realize that the American people, even though officially neutral and hence unable to express their approval and support of the righteousness of the Allies cause, are nevertheless back of them in the present war. "There has been but little opportunity for us to demonstrate, in ways which could not be misunderstood, the fact that though the United States is officially neutral, the American people...
...oppose universal military training do so as the result of sincere convictions and lofty ideals. Others, among whom are the editors of The New Republic, favor less universal plans of defence on grounds of expediency and effectiveness. Mistaken though the CRIMSON believes such views to be, their exponents are nevertheless deserving of due respect. But what shall be said of the slackers, and it is to be feared that they are not lacking even in our colleges, who oppose military training because of a deficient sense of obligation for their country's needs? These are the men who think less...