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...Boston Herald, First, it should be clearly a national force, like the recently enlisted national army, and neither a class force like the national guard nor a body of professional soldiers like the former regular army. In the second place, the large military force which the United States must maintain should be a democratic as well as a national army. That the regular army never was. Thirdly, there is only one principle on which a force of this character can be constructed in a democracy, namely, the principle of universal military service as an obligation on the part of every...
...concerning military service will ever enjoy widespread support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant our hopes, it is a matter not only of national honor but of stern necessity, to maintain a trained fighting force as an instrument of defense in time of war. Our nation may count itself fortunate for being saved from huge losses of men and material by the three years' experience in trench warfare imparted to us by the French and British troops...
Again, the demand for athletics will be more general than before the War. Many men will leave the service, knowing for the first time what real bodily health means. They will expect the University to help them maintain that health, to offer an opportunity for regular, well-planned exercise...
...college athletics will go, and to what extent the whole system will be built up. Plans will be discussed as to the development of athletics on a modified scale, with the purpose in view of giving as high-class football as there was before the war, and still maintain a less lavish standard. The travelling expenses of teams could be diminished and the training-table abolished. The main subject of debate will evolve around the question of the possibility of turning out good teams without these expenditures. Again it is likely that there will be a strong desire...
Lord Northcliffe recently said: "Without the Y. M. C. A. we could not win the war." Whatever it costs to maintain this important work, it must not fail for lack of support by those who stay behind...