Word: parted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...national university with a local college as its neucleus? The answer is to make the College also national. And the chief reason why it fa9ls to keep pace with the University in national expansion, is to be found in the system of entrance examinations. Particularly in the western part of he country these examinations militate strongly against a greater number of men coming to Harvard, because admission to the local western colleges requires only a certificate. The factor of inaccessibility has been largely obviated by the decision to accept Board examinations. Nevertheless, as long as examinations of any sort...
...have passed our national infancy; it is no longer our chief biological function to feed and fatten and protect ourselves. We have reached the age of public responsibility; and unless we wish to invite national atrophy and decline, we must make up our mind to do a man's part in the hard work of the world. The chances that we shall be called upon to defend our national existence seem to me very small--though that is no reason for neglecting them. But we are called upon, and must be prepared, to do our part in "enforcing peace...
...means the training of a large body of men who have neither desire nor prospect of taking part in actual warfare, but who are known throughout the world as potential forces on land and sea. It means especially potential officers. This may be the particular point at which the college man comes in. But let me point out another side of the case, less often dwelt on. It is true that the country needs the military power of its college men, and has a peculiar claim upon them. It is also true that the college man needs the military training...
...natural moment; and that this should be long, enough and intensive enough to give the elementary habits of the soldier a firm footing. But for those who are already in college, the practical consideration is to find or make some place in your plans for this important part of education. And with all sorrow for the tragedy which has raised the issue in this land, we can still thank God that we live in a time when citizenship is taking on a more serious and concrets meaning than it has yet borne
Practice for both University and Freshman battery candidates will begin soon after midyears and will be held in the Cage until the weather permits outdoor practice. The fielders will be called out in the early part of March and will work in the Cage as long as the cold weather lasts...