Word: turned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Then is it not a much cheaper and better form of preparedness to teach every interested man the rudiments of military science, so that he in time of need can quickly in turn train green recruits? For --and I speak from experience--if a few of our violent jingoists as well as a few of our rabid pacifists could be induced to spend a summer at Plattsburg, they would on the one hand have impressed upon them the awful horror of real war, and on the other, the only true means by which this calamity can be avoided...
...that which is good for us! Proof: Germany. Diplomatic history shows that the United States breaks its agreements when "essential to our vital interests." The only effective way of fighting the evils in the world is no longer quixotically to "teach a lesson" to other nations' evildoers, but to turn our attention to the organized viciousness of all kinds which we, in common with those other nations, have in our midst. W. A. BERRIDGE...
...Europe. We young men deem this admission to be a betrayal of the worst type, and it is such a confession of failure, alike of American ideals and Christian methods, that President Fitch's letter so plainly portrays. When will these leaders of men in religion and culture turn their scrutiny and brilliant thoughts to the real meaning of "national honor, human justice, universal principles of righteousness gradually becoming articulate in international law"? When does or can Force ever guarantee the continued existence of these high ends? Force can and does achieve victory, but whether that victory is the victory...
...Athletic Association requests that all men having athletic equipment in the lockers at Soldiers Field remove it before the Christmas vacation and turn in the keys to the attendant. This request is made in order to facilitate the cleaning of the building during the recess and in case men fail to remove their paraphernalia the articles will be put together and tagged. Men are warned, however, that, even though care is exercised, considerable confusion is inevitable and may result in the loss of their belongings. Also, all locker leases expire at the vacation period and it will be necessary...
Leaving the problems of today's military problems, we turn over a page, and back to a hero of a generation gone--to a short memoir of the lamented Governor John Davis Long '57, whose happy connection with this college is treated warmly in some delightful biographical bits from the pen of Mr. W. R. Thayer...