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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reasons, in that it gives a promise of being more satisfactory than the present plan. The men selected should certainly be men having the necessary qualifications for success in their managerial offices; and in addition should have such scholastic standing that they will be able to hold their positions throughout their college course...
...movement for preparedness has gained great impetus in universities throughout the country and the present steps to establish a Harvard voluntary battalion seems only to be a reflection of what is being done in higher institutions of learning all over the country...
...number of men coming to Harvard, because admission to the local western colleges requires only a certificate. The factor of inaccessibility has been largely obviated by the decision to accept Board examinations. Nevertheless, as long as examinations of any sort are required, Harvard will be at a distinct disadvantage throughout the West. The adoption of the New Plan examinations, though an excellent step so far as it goes, does not completely cope with the situation, because the mere existence of examinations whose requirements are couched in the formidable language of the Catalogue is enough to strike terror to the hearts...
...Missouri, where 36 out of 241 men are graduates of Harvard; Wisconsin comes last among those investigated with 6.3 per cent. At Columbia, the largest university in the country, the percentage is 9.3. Furthermore, there are 608 professors and associate professors, who hold Harvard degrees, teaching in other colleges throughout the country; and the number of instructors and assistant professors is without doubt much larger...
...means the training of a large body of men who have neither desire nor prospect of taking part in actual warfare, but who are known throughout the world as potential forces on land and sea. It means especially potential officers. This may be the particular point at which the college man comes in. But let me point out another side of the case, less often dwelt on. It is true that the country needs the military power of its college men, and has a peculiar claim upon them. It is also true that the college man needs the military training...