Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question thus resolves itself into giving no letter or taking a middle ground and awarding a modified insignia. Ordinarily such a middle course inclines to be a weak one, but in the present instance this does not hold true. The men who have given their time and energy to athletics and who have represented the University to the best of their ability, be it on river or gridiron, diamond or rink, deserve recognition of some sort. This acknowledgement should be of a special kind, to exist only for the duration of the war, and to be superseded by the regular...
...brought many changes in the daily life of the people. The college undergraduate has been equally affected and moves in a sphere unknown to the peaceful days of previous years. He has curtailed almost all activities which have no direct hearing on the present conflict. Old customs which had become Harvard's sacred traditions have passed out of existence. All this the undergraduate gladly accepts, knowing it to be the inevitable. Yet there is a danger that war hysteria may drive Americans to measures which are not marked by necessity. It is this consideration which demands reflection on the decision...
From a purely economic point of view taxation is the ideal method. War burdens cannot be shifted to the next generation, but hampering posterity by a bond issue can be prevented by levying the financial cost solely on present society. Moreover, taxation means a distribution of the burden according to ability to pay. It is as democratic as the conscription of an army; it will bring in exactly the desired amount; and it is certain in action. Conscription of wealth is in many respects ideal...
Farming is no harder than football. It is not one-half as hard as fighting in the trenches, and it happens that at present farming is far more important, than football and fully as important as fighting. It is therefore urged that all college men not engaged in military or naval training enroll in this agricultural work during the coming summer...
...thirds of the number which preparations are being made to accommodate. Of the men who have applied slightly over 200 are members of the University, the remainder coming from outside colleges, preparatory schools and graduates of various institutions. Inasmuch as it is important that as many members of the present Corps as possible attend the Camp, the military authorities emphatically repeated yesterday that no University R. O. T. C. man enrolling after June 7 would be regarded as eligible for a position as an officer or non-commissioned officer when the primary organization of the companies is made...