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...assembly of documents that may some day be historically valuable in determining the causes and course of the war. The literature so far collected may be divided roughly into three groups: first, the official publications of the various belligerents; second, accounts of the war written from a non-partisan standpoint; and third, the great mass of distinctly prejudiced literature, ranging from the numerous foreign newspapers down to the frakly propagandist book and pamphlets...
These data show from a different standpoint the influence exerted by the University over the higher educational system of the entire country...
...Twitchell '16 argued for the service from the standpoint of interest, and laid stress upon the benefits derived by the instructor in any social service class. S. B. Pennock 1G. told of his experiences with boys' clubs, and explained the actual work required at the clubs. W. I. Tibbetts '17, secretary of the committee, outlined on the blackboard the opportunities for work in Cambridge and Boston...
Brigadier-General Cole treated the subject from the standpoint of the citizen-soldier. He declared that the necessity of trained officers has been keenly felt since the Revolution, that today, the one great weakness in the army is the ineffiency of the officers. Nothing is needed more now than an extension of the kind of training school which is now conducted by army and national guard officers in Massachusetts. "The most promiscuous murderer in the world" he quoted "is the inefficient military officer. His incompetence results in the massacre of men to no purpose...
...concert in Sanders Theatre last evening with a program of unusual interest including Borodin's First Symphony, Beethoven's Overture to Coriolanus, Handel's Concerto Grosso No. 20 and the Hungarian March from Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust." The choice of Borodin's Symphony was felicitous both from the historical standpoint and that of intrinsic merit. Would that more conductors of symphony orchestras might follow Mr. Hewitt's example. For Borodin's Symphony, the second to be composed in Russia, is a notable instance of independence, individuality and resource despite the obvious obligations to Schumann. Written in a difficult if effective...