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...present time, is a thorough training in military matters aiding France to a co-operative attitude toward world peace? Or even in our country, are those who have been touched by the post-war fever of military training ardent supporters of steps toward that great peace which you profess to admire? Are the graduates of the R. O. T. C. and the C. M. T. C. the most glorious examples of calm, tolerant internationally minded citizens...
...Borah: "If that be true, is it not the orderly thing to do, so long as we profess to live under a constitutional government, to amend the Constitution in the manner provided by the Constitution itself? Can the Senator conceive of anything more demoralizing and undermining to the good citizenship of the people than to have a solemn pledge in the Constitution and to have great Senators stand upon the floor of the Senate and say the people are going to have what they want regardless of whether it is constitutional...
...university authorities do not profess to know exactly what will be the consequences of the answers which they have received. It is possible that a revision of the course of study will be contemplated if warranted by the returns. The revision, if it comes, will probably be away from the present "lock-step system of education," as President Angell put it, and toward an approximation of the English system of honors and pass courses...
...that as it may, my curiosity remains and will undoubtedly lead me to Sever 29 to hear Professor Tatlock speak on Lee's tragedies in English 39. This will cause me to rise at an early hour, but even vagabonds are not as somnolent as they often profess...
Although it is undeniable that the patronage of these organizations has played an important part in the nation-wide expansion of athletics, such petty jealousy and autocratic behavior are utterly foreign to the amateur spirit which they profess to represent. For since a man who engages in sport purely for recreation is under obligations to no one it is difficult to understand why any organization should feel called upon to restrict his activities on the cindor path. Yet, by raising the cry of keeping amateur sport uncontaminated this is precisely what the A. A. U., the Western Conference, and similar...