Word: standing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Hereafter, in all lecture halls, section rooms, and other meetings, members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps will arise upon the entrance of the instructor and stand at "attention" until he directs them to be seated or until he has taken his seat...
...come to "attention" upon the approach of a tactical instructor. If grouped together the cadet officer, non-commissioned officer, or private, as the case may be, will command "attention," and the senior will salute if covered (with headdress); if uncovered (with out headdress) he, like the rest, will simply stand at attention until the instructor has passed or has acknowledged the salute. In the case of individuals, not in a group, each will render the courtesy prescribed...
...private war after every injury. Today only a few points of aggressive honor remain. Why is it? Partly, of course, because we have learned to let the law right our wrongs. But our law provides no redress for sheer insults and forbids a man, assailed by a murderer, to stand his ground and kill if he can safely retreat. Europe, however, sanctions duelling and standing ground...
...admirably does Mr. Cecil H. Smith sum up the situation when, in speaking for the Union, he says: "What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideas of freedom and reason...
...have not been blind to the events which have occurred outside of the sanctum, nor have we been deaf to the plentiful advice from both camps in this country. We have considered carefully the many questions leading up to the present issue, and have taken a clearly defined stand. Whether our position is the right one cannot be decided by any contemporary tribunal, but the accusation that this stand was taken unthinkingly and by the direction of others has no support. That the CRIMSON welcomes frank and intelligent discussion among its readers is evidenced by the widely divergent views expressed...