Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...speaking of the unit Captain Cordier stated, "I hope to have over 1,000 duly enrolled in the Training Corps when the registration closes next Wednesday night. With respect to the summer training I also wish to state that if at the end of the academic year, peace is assured, it is not my intention to hold any member of the training corps to that clause of the agreement which he signs that obligates him to attend the summer camps...
...this period of international distrust and suspicion one of the most reassuring signs is the good feeling which prevails between the students of different countries. This evening's hockey game is an example. The players of McGill University should be greeted with all friendliness and respect, for their opinion of the reception we give them will go a long way towards promoting or hindering the cordiality which should exist between the United States and her neighbor to the north. It is much more than an intercollegiate contest. It is a contest between two traditions of the sport...
...danger of its increasing the military spirit. It would be extremely valuable because it would increase the respect of the citizen for team work and joint effort; it would show him the necessity of having method in connection with effort of any kind...
...necessity for at least withholding from universal services until after the reorganization of Europe has been urged. How much better to adopt it now, while there may yet be time to take our place as equals of the other powers in that phase of national life which they most respect; so that when the reorganization of Europe does occur, the American people may, if it chooses, take an influential part in the establishment of world peace. The sincerity of America would seem far less real if it increased its military power to first-class standing after the organization...
...result of sincere convictions and lofty ideals. Others, among whom are the editors of The New Republic, favor less universal plans of defence on grounds of expediency and effectiveness. Mistaken though the CRIMSON believes such views to be, their exponents are nevertheless deserving of due respect. But what shall be said of the slackers, and it is to be feared that they are not lacking even in our colleges, who oppose military training because of a deficient sense of obligation for their country's needs? These are the men who think less of what they can give to their country...