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...firms making material for war purposes are German-owned; it would be hard to believe that the owners have not often tried and have been able to slow up their production. With these firms in American hands they can be run to their highest efficiency and help considerably to swell the tide of supplies that must in the end overcome Prussian power. The opportunities for spies will be greatly curtailed; under German ownership many of these spies were doubtless protected, but American possession will help drive them...
...this tax measure which will make an allowance that was a fortune a short time ago, a pittance now? In the first place there is the three cent postage. This may be a most opportune excuse for fewer letters home, provided a tendency toward economy makes fond parents swell with pride. On the other hand, it may cause great embarrassment to a Lethario with sailor-like qualities, when he finds his few coppers will not keep the various maids in various ports informed about his successes at college, social and otherwise...
...undergraduate Bond Committee of the University has redoubled its efforts within the last few days to help swell the total of subscribers who are members of the University. The campaign will close today...
...bond committee is hoping to obtain many small subscribers in Cambridge to swell the total throughout the country. There were 8,000,000 subscribers to the last British loan of $5,000,000,000, or a ratio of one in six, and the British are proud that their record was superior to that of the Germans of whom one in ten subscribed to their most recent issue. In contrast to these records is that of the United States in the Spanish War when there were only 325,000 bond purchasers, or one in 256, to the small loan...
...their part in maintaining the University's lead in the Preparedness movement. The delay in announcing the course made it impossible for many men who wished to enlist to rearrange their program of students, but in numerous instances they voluntarily took it as an extra course to help swell the enrolment, hoping that the University would be the first to have the training units established. Unfortunately this opportunity is now lost, but in fairness to the members of Military Science and Tactics 1 and to the University at large, every effort should be made by the College authorities to come...