Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gratifying results of the war" said Col. Goetz last night to a CRIMSON reporter, "is the enthusiasm throughout the entire country among colleges and universities toward military training in the future. Among the great lessons learned from our gigantic preparation for the world war were the experiences that men obtained in the officers' training camps. It was learned very early in the war that not much training could be given in three months, the time allotted to each camp. These camps might have been more appropriately called selection, or selection-and-training camps, as in every camp...
...This matter is now being given much serious consideration by the War Department. Outlines of courses in Military Science will soon be offered to the leading colleges of the country. Should these plans meet with the approval of the various college faculties, the first big step toward reaching the most desirable young men of the country will have been successful. These courses are planned normally to cover a period of four years and include a large part of the theoretical and technical part of the education necessary to a successful officer, the practical part of the student's education being...
...This small expenditure was for the Student Council assessment and was the only expense of the class during the entire year. The absence of the other payments which are usually made for smokers and entertainments is due to the uncertain conditions affecting the members of the class during the war...
...newspaper statements be true, Syracuse University has unenviably distinguished itself of being guilty of the most palpable act of injustice that has come to light since war demands merged the student and the soldier into a single individual. Briefly, Syracuse is giving academic credit to commissioned officers, while returning non-coms and privates receive no credit at all for their army work. For bitterly attacking such an indefensible course by the college authorities a student editor of the "Daily Orange" was expelled with an official farewell of scurrilous epithets...
...arise in an American university, namely, the carrying over of military distinction into academic life. The great rallying cry of the Allies has been, "Make the world safe for Democracy." Surely no more direct refutation of this basic principle of equality could be possible than in singling out certain war heroes to receive honor from their Alma Mater, and leaving others unhonored and unsung. It is not difficult to appreciate the feelings of the enlisted man who, after sacrificing his studies to serve his country, returns to find his service to country and college ignored by--the--one who should...