Word: readings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...house on Sagamore Hill, there will be a prayer for the ex-President, which members of his family will attend, followed by a Protestant Episcopal service in Christ Church to be read by the rector, Reverend George E. Talmage, at 12.45 o'clock. As the church has a seating capacity of only 500 persons, admission will be by ticket. Colonel Roosevelt will be buried in Young's Memorial Cemetery, a beautiful spot overlooking Oyster Bay cove...
After his return Colonel Roosevelt devoted his time to writing and speaking, except in 1912, when he became the candidate of the Progressive Party for President. His articles on preparedness were most widely read and discussed just before this country entered...
...supposed that this suspension of military activity is to be permanent. Its chief purpose is to give the University authorities time to read-just the training program to meet the needs of a country at peace, and to replace the methods of the old R. O. T. C. and the S. A. T. C., where sudden necessity was the mother of many makeshifts, with a sound system that will become as much a part of the University as English A and the Freshman Dormitories. It is probable that this program will provide for a concentration of all field work...
Despite this remarkable progress, there still exists a group of selfish and contemptible individuals who will forever place their own interests before the interests of humanity,--who, in other words, have not read the "signs of the times". Such persons will be given little recognition, if any, at the coming peace conference...
Dean James R. Angell, of the University of Chicago, was unavoidably detained, but his paper on the subject was read. It analyzed the necessity for the physical, social, and economic training of a nation. A general discussion followed, which was initiated by Donald J. Cowling, president of the Association of American Colleges. Several other speaker followed...