Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Germany has much to gain by softening the hearts of the people of the United States; she has much to gain by sowing discord among the Associated Powers. Her system of agents and propagandists--with the exception of a certain number who have been taken into custody during the war is as complete as ever; the controlling force is acting under a new name, but that is almost the-only-difference. No effort and no outlay of money is being spared to mould opinion in America to a favorable view of Germany's plight. Nothing is overlooked that might create...
...active measures to combat it and to influence opinion are not only expected but demanded. In our undergraduate days, few, if any, of us ever realized that the opinion of Harvard College counted for anything, either in the world at large or in the United States. Due to the war and the moving about of men in service we gradually found out that not only was the opinion of the College occasionally listened to in the United States, but even abroad it was taken into consideration as representative of one phase of the best opinion in America. Naturally...
...than the general proposition of a League of Nations, a more valuable purpose will be served. Even the opponents of the present draft admit that a league of peace, under whatever name, is theoretically desirable, and that popular opinion demands some organization for the future prevention or limitation of war. But the real cause of the difference of opinion between tonight's illustrious speakers is the constitution President Wilson "brought how in his pocket." This is the subject of immediate national importance. Should they fail to unite on the specific question, the debate will be no debate...
...suggestions made for a memorial for the Harvard men who have lost their lives in the war, that of a building containing a large auditorium seems to me, from all points of view, the best. It is hardly necessary to dwell on the need of such a building. The auditorium could be used for all the larger University gatherings, for Class Day and Commencement exercises, for symphony and other large concepts, and for larger theatrical performances...
...entrance part of such a building would be a thoroughly appropriate place for memorial tablets, possibly also for a collection of war relics. The whole building designed for the more dignified occasions of University gathering would surely be a much more suitable memorial than a gymnasium, which would always carry with it the suggestion of daily rub and shower and might easily become a worn out and obsolete, if not offensive building in a few years...