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...connection with the proposed plan of universal military service there arises the dual question of principle and detail which must be satisfactorily solved before we venture farther into so uncertain a project. Among those pacifists who make it a point to quash every scheme of national defense which savors of compulsion or armament, whether or not such a course be in fact an expedient one, no proposal concerning military service will ever enjoy widespread support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant...
...series of Lowell Institute lectures beginning next Monday. Professor Ferguson's talks will be on "Greece--the Forerunner of Europe," and are divided into the following groups: 1. The Great Analogy. 2. Greek and Modern Nationalism. 3. The Difficult and Dubious Domain of Economics. 4. Democracy and the Social Question. 5. The Eastern Question. 6. Small Nations and Large States. 7. Autocracy versus Federalism in the Balkans. 8. The Roman Hegemony. Liberty in its Relation to Culture...
...branch lends itself most readily to such a system, although President Lowell believes it advisable to continue a certain amount of infantry work at the same time. It is of course at present impossible to state definitely the course which will be followed. During the next few months the question is to be carefully considered, and advance preparations will be made so that when the new system of training does go into effect it will be well founded and permanent, at the same time not conflicting with academic interests...
...question of the University's participation in intercollegiate hockey has not been determined and will not be until the meeting of the Athletic Committee early this month. Dean Briggs, chairman of the committee, stated yesterday to a CRIMSON reporter that be believed the chances for a regular seven which would compete in the Yale and Pinceton were "precarious," owing to the lateness of the season, the destruction of the Boston arena, and the situation at the other universities. He also declared, however, that the re-establishment of a regular base ball team was "very probable," and although he expressed...
...answer to the question: "Are we ready for such a league?" one is tempted to reply: "We are as ready, as we ever shall be." For the truth is, that the world has reached that stage in political development at which it is proper to consider and put into practice a more rational means of settling international disputes than by the accustomed resort to arms. To the intellectually timid this seems such a daring and impetuous leap from the secure confines of precedent, over the chasm of unfathomable disaster, to the safe but somewhat precarious region...