Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...retained from the preliminaries. All the trials, both preliminary and final, will be held in Harvard 6 at 7.45 o'clock, but men who have Military Science lectures at that hour will be permitted to report late. Each candidate will speak for five minutes on either side of the question: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt a system of military service modeled after that of Switzerland." Members of the University debating team will act as judges...
Love of blood does not prompt such feelings. It is not a question of wreaking stern vengeance on an exasperating foe. But love of country, love of freedom from Teutonism, and love of the right dictates these sentiments. They are not felt by the cold-hearted and stoical alone; the timid share them too. They are the convictions of the thinking part of a nation in a horrible...
...should like herewith to disclaim any knowledge of the communication in question, and am perfectly frank to say that I have not followed the controversy, and have not the pleasure of the acquaintance of any of the gentlemen taking part in it. DONALD B. CLARK...
...should keep our lips closed for fear of incurring the righteous indignation of an uninitiated person. But this step of ours was premature; we are "entirely incompetent" to deal with such problems. Let us, then, with reluctant but expectant hearts, give over the further discussion of the question to Mr. Prosser for more intelligent treatment...
...make the proposed amendment a part of the Constitution is now only a question of time, and a short time at that. There are twenty-one more dry states that have not yet passed it, but their favorable decision is a foregone conclusion. It only needs the affirmative vote of four out of 16 wet states remaining to get the required two-thirds. If Massachusetts had followed New York and temporized, the wet forces might have stood some chance, but the example of the conservative Bay State will be of overwhelming value to the "drys". John Barleycorn's reign will...