Word: sizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...keep the peace by mere realization that he is morally better than the offender. He must be prepared to enforce the law. And there lies the answer to Mr. Davis' query, "What is it for?" Far from making the President seem insincere, the increase of our army to moderate size (which is all that the universal training advocates urge) would add incalculable weight to his proposal. If we should continue with a military force too weak to protect our own borders, when the need of enforcing peace arose, other nations would act, while we lent our moral support. History seems...
With the President not against him, are the advocates of universal training. Our militia system has failed and the most strenuous efforts of our recruiting officers have been unable to bring the regular army up to its required size. Words are heeded only when there is strength behind them. It is the general opinion that the President's words were good, that his plan is a great one, but the execution of this plan will require something more than "moral strength." If we are to see its success and if we expect to have a voice in the reorganization...
...subject of the address which Robert Matteson Johnston, assistant professor of modern history, will give before a meeting of the International Polity Club in Emerson A this evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of this address in which he will deal especially with the question of the necessary size of a standing army and the best methods for establishing it, is of particular interest t this time when the University and other educational institutions throughout the country are being called upon to voice their opinions on this vital national question in connection with the Chamberlain Bill which provides...
...assistant professor of Modern History in the University, will address the International Polity Club in Emerson A tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of his talk will be, "The Military Problem of the United States," and he will deal especially with the question of the necessary size of a standing army and the means of obtaining...
...away from the atmosphere and routine of university life, where rowing is no longer a recreation for men engaged in college work, but where for nearly a month every year they live to row, supported by gate receipts from commercialized athletics, or by the generosity of opulent patrons. The size of the rowing budget is thus enormously and unnecessarily increased, and rowing itself suffers from being considered a drain on the athletic treasury, and the beneficiary of 'productive' athletic activities...