Word: says
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...joining the Corps, it is expected that those who enroll will pursue the whole of the course to completion. As the important purpose of the Corps is to qualify reserve officers, it is desired that a student who enrolls for the course does so only if he can say that, barring unforseen necessity or circumstance, it is his intention to complete the course and accept a reserve commission from the President...
...believe, however, that Yale with other large universities should investigate conditions of wider scope. Experiments of general industrial problems would have more direct influence for universal preparedness, to say nothing of the actual betterment of peace conditions...
However, the die has now been cast, and it is up to everybody worthy of the name of American to abide by its consequences. I sincerely believe that I am speaking for all German-Americans when I say that we will support the President through thick and thin and rise and fall with him. We may not enter into the conflict, if there is to be a conflict, as joyfully and eagerly as some others, but though our hearts are heavy and our souls are sick we see our duty clearly, and will not hestitate to perform...
...such it were kinder not to judge it. The play falls far more readily into farce--and at times it is drawn thin to weakness. Today it seems weirdly stagey and forced. Characters we have in Cyprienne and Henri--how much due to their acting it is hard, to say--and momentarily in one or two of the others. Placed against "Half an Hour" the "comedy" seems mere piffle...
...secured against aggression. The question is, can we, in good faith, propose this, and at the same women embark on an entirely new policy of universal service. This obviously looks toward a great increase in our military strength, and the obvious query is, what is it for? We say, and sincerely believe, it is for defense only; but will this be accepted by other nations? Diplomatic authorities tell us that the Kaiser was an earnest worker for peace, and did not willfully precipitate the war. This statement is usually greeted with smiles, and references to the enormous military organization...