Word: outbreaks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting of the Phillips Brooks House cabinet it was voted to offer to the Cambridge Red Cross the privilege of establishing headquarters in the House in the event of an outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Germany. The Red Cross workers will be allowed the use of the rooms for making bandages and for other purposes, but the work of the Phillips Brooks House Association will continue as usual...
Exactly what effect the outbreak of hostilities will have on other branches of the University activities, it is difficult to say. It is known that the CRIMSON, and, for the time being at least, the Lampoon, Advocate and Illustrated, will continue to be published, and the Senior Album, as well as the Freshman Red Book, will go to press as originally planned. Such class functions as smokers and dinners, however, will be cancelled; the Freshman banquet has already been called off, and the Sophomores and Juniors contemplate similar action. The Freshman Jubilee and the Senior Picnic will in all probability...
...present war, in which states have resorted to hostilities. Some of these instances were in the nature of civil wars. In the entire list of wars, however, there are less than 15 formal declarations, and less than one-half of these were made prior to the outbreak of hostilities. It is only since the Hague Conference of 1907 that a declaration prior to hostilities has been regarded as essential. The Congress of the United States even in 1898, in declaring war against Spain, did not issue a declaration until after hostilities had already begun. This declaration was made on April...
...course the most apparent means of preparing is the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. If the Unit commences intensive training following the outbreak of war as is at present expected, new battalions will probably be formed to take care of the large number of recruits who, it is anticipated, will apply for enrolment in the Corps...
...practice under the guidance of Coach L. H. Leary '05, and it also had been hoped that P. D. Haughton '99 would have been able to give a few days to the squad. Football is the first sport of the University to be called off because of the threatened outbreak of hostilities...