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...Special Aid Society for American Preparedness will hold a mass meeting for Plattsburg volunteers in the Boston Opera House Monday evening at 8.30 o'clock. William Cameron Forbes '92, former governor-general of the Philippines, will preside and the following will speak; Governor McCall, Major-General Leonard Wood, M.D. '84, George Wharton Pepper, and Lieutenant-Commander R. D. Evans. The latter is a son of "Fighting Bob" Evans and is in command of the entire naval cruise. No charge will be made for admission. Members of the University are cordially invited...
...campaign for more student volunteers to attend the Plattsburg camps and join the Naval Cruise this summer was launched at a meeting over which Major H. L. Higginson '55 presided, in the Union last night. In his introductory talk Major Higginson declared that just as we come to the University to prepare ourselves for life, it is essential also that we go to Plattsburg to prepare to defend home and nation, and that it is every man's duty to learn to serve his country...
...Farley '99 explained the purpose of the meeting and urged every man, on the grounds of duty, obligation, and opportunity, to go either to the Plattsburg camp or on the Naval Cruise...
...preparedness parade to be held in Boston tomorrow and the final manoeuvres of the Regiment to be held next Tuesday morning will both add to the stimulating of interest among the undergraduates. The committee hopes that 700 men may be induced to go to Plattsburg this summer. More than 300 men have already signed...
Next week will be Preparedness Week at Harvard. A campaign to swell the number of enrolments for the Plattsburg Camps and the Naval Cruise will be launched at the mass meeting to be held in the Union tonight. Although some interest has been taken in getting men to enroll, there has not been sufficient enthusiasm or system. A university of Harvard's size ought to send a delegation of seven hundred men to the Plattsburg Camps alone. Both those who have already signed up for the Training Camps or Cruise, and those who have thought of enrolling should make...