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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enveloped by unkind fate in the dark storm of war, we are threatened by irreparable loss. The Senior Picnic has gone, the Pudding Show has gone. And many of our classmates have gone, often leaving behind the sad memento of their debts. Yet the worst of all may overwhelm us. The goodies will...
...that we are entered into the war, and we are preparing armies to carry our flags beside the flags of other great nations, the aspect of war should seem far more terrible to us, if our fears have been justified. Yet do wise men who are not poltroons say today that we have lost anything or will lose anything that makes national existence worth continuance? Our wealth is being amassed to be expended in war. Each one of us will endure a curtailment of our resources. Our young men are soon to be trained for war. A great many...
...late to urge further preparation; the examinations are upon us. We can only urge quickness of mind and a full recognition of the crying need...
Somehow the arrival of the French officers, and the parade in their honor bring the war home to us more than any of the recent occurrences. Gradually the University has become more and more devoted to the tasks of service before it, but these tasks have so far been local and personal. There has been nothing to place the College as a whole in intimate connection with actual warfare. Now, however, drill officers have appeared who have been themselves participants in the battles of France and Flanders. With these officers marching and drilling with us here in the Square, Harvard...
...service they will perform. It is only one of the great many signs that Harvard is beginning to recognize the debt which al America owes to France. The two countries, after a century and a half, are once, more allies in a just cause. At that time France helped us more than we can realize, with men and money with Rochambeau, d'Estaing, and Lafayette. In this war we have been helping France, too, if not so generally at least as devotedly. We, too, have sent them men and money, have given them Chapman and Prince and Hoskier. Thus...