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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...insist upon excluding their nationals because they belong to the yellow race. To avoid exclusion of Japanese because of this there exists today a gentleman's agreement between Japan and the United States that Japan will not allow her laborers to come to this country, and it must be said that this agreement has honestly been kept. The arrangement does not establish race equality; it merely postpones the issue...
...discussing the establishment of a Field Artillery Training Unit at the University next year, General Edwards said. "In addition to the artillery and infantry units. I would favor aviation, heavy artillery, and chemical warfare units." This statement raises a very interesting and difficult problem in connection with military training at colleges and universities. It is obvious that each university cannot reasonably be expected to maintain R. O. T. C. units in all branches of the service; and on the other hand, all colleges cannot seize upon the same branch of service to the exclusion of fancied less desirable ones. Heterogeneous...
...heartily favor the establishment of a Field Artillery Training Unit at Harvard next year, and feel that an infantry unit should also have a place there." said Major-General Clarence R. Edwards in a recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter. "To be a successful infantry officer requires just as much training as to be a good artillery officer. In the artillery you deal with material, in the infantry with men, and to handle men well requires more training and experience than to fire a field piece or compute a range. I believe that the training of an infantry officer might...
...article in the Daily Princetonian, President Hibben, in urging the support for the course, said: "The course as outlined by the War Department is designed to give a very thorough grounding in all of the principles of artillery, both in theory and in practice. Through such a course one will be able to qualify as a Reserve Officer and be in a position to offer his services to the government in case of any emergency, without the delay of long months of preparation, Its particular aim is to increase alertness, accuracy, and resourcefulness of thought, the art of working...
...Harvard undergraduates can have any great effect upon important national decisions, but I do most seriously suggest that the opinion of Harvard College does count--and however small its influence may be, it should not be withheld, especially with conditions as they are now. "Politics are for the politicians," said a certain Harvard professor some years ago. That day has passed. If the thinking people, the educated people, the people with the courage to stand up for their convictions and the energy and ability to disseminate their ideas, do not take an active interest in the affairs...