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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Taft's visit to the University will offer us an opportunity that cannot be disregarded. The former president of the United States has agreed to lecture here on The League of Nations, the subject that for this country overshadows completely all the other issues of the day. For many centuries, idealists have been giving their lives to ensure lasting peace, but none of them have succeeded. The new Covenant may be faulty, but it may, if properly drawn up, abolish the curse of war. If it is worth anything at all, it is inestimably valuable to every country and citizen...
...mindedness of the former executive during the past seven year. In that period of bitter feeling and harsh criticism, he was unmoved by party or personal animosity and has been influenced only by his wide knowledge and upright character. With the aid of these faculties, he will explain to us the great problem...
There are many things to be considered before a reform is instituted, but let us never forget to ask ourselves whether we shall derive more benefits from the new system than we did from the old. This is the acid test of all reform, however great our enthusiasm for it may be. E. A. WHITNEY...
...doubted whether the practical development of Yale's latest innovation will be as successful as its sponsors would have us believe...
...maintenance of a Naval Reserve. I approve very highly of Secretary Roosevelt's plan of having naval units at various colleges, as the best means of educating more reserve officers, and I sincerely hope that such a unit will be established at Harvard next year. In order to help us get through the period of emergency, the Naval Academy at Annapolis was increased four-fold, and a great number of petty and warrant officers were commissioned. In addition to these regular navy men, many civilians who had had experience on the water were made officers. The men in this latter...