Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...majority of the men reported were undergraduates. After some investigation it was found that many had been reported to the committee on the basis of English papers and themes which had been written hurriedly in the classroom. Whether this fact should be taken into consideration or not is a question. Surely a man who has spent ten years or more in studying English grammar and composition ought to be able to write a page of simple, correct English in twenty minutes. Perhaps with most men it is merely carelessness, but it is just this carelessness which the proposed course...
...contest, which is under the direction of a committee of which Dean Gay is a member, is conducted for the purpose of interesting a large number of young people throughout the country in the shipping question. Prizes are offered at twenty-one colleges and in the high schools of New York...
...whether we put country above right or not, we all want our country to be right, particularly when it is a question of war. Even if one makes one's fatherland monarch of conscience and dictator of action, surely it must be revolting to go killing the enemy when you think he is right. Though all sensible people, as General Wood said, desire peaceful settlement of troubles, yet honest attempts have failed and may fail again. And therefore Plattsburg, the naval cruise, and Harvard's Preparedness Week (with its large bouquets of "easy conscience...
There can be no possible question as to the desirability of these practical steps toward Preparedness. It is hoped that Harvard will hold the record again in both departments, and that undergraduates will do their share...
...periodicals there are reviews of every weeks developments in the war zone by a military expert. These articles give one in a condensed form all the important strategic moves which have been officially reported during the week, and also the probable success or failure of the offensive campaign in question. A careful reading of the weekly reviews as a supplement to the daily headlines ought to prevent anyone from being totally ignorant of the course...