Word: reference
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...brief they give no comprehensive idea regarding the work covered in the courses. For this reason it does no harm for men to visit a number of courses at their first meetings and run the chance of discovering a substitute course more to their liking. Especially does this refer to Seniors who choose their last courses and usually have to search for an extra one to complete the required schedule. A hasty choice often means an unfortunate one. A careful reconsideration of possible courses during the next week may mean a final year of delightful work instead of unnecessary drudgery...
...need to look far a-field for historical evidence of the evils resulting from a lack of trained officers when war breaks out, but can refer to our own Civil War for the most glaring instance of that lack of proper preparation. When the Civil War broke out, it became necessary to train a large body of men; and on account of the absolute lack of officers, it was necessary to train the men and the officers at the same time,-hence the great delay in producing an army fit for offensive work, the time for decisive action being delayed...
Perhaps no one would contend that the entertainment provided at the Freshman smokers should be of a super-refined character, but I am sure that more than one man felt that the bounds of common decency were trespassed by a part of the entertainment of last Thursday evening. I refer to the performance of four negro comedians, who, responding to applause elicited by a selection somewhat more grotesque than such performers commonly use, appeared on the stage dressed in pseudo-military uniforms, carrying our national flag, and singing a song certainly not unpatriotic in sentiment but robbed of any patriotic...
...members of the class of 1916 need any admonition against indifference or thoughtlessness in today's important elections, they will do well to refer to the editorial column of the CRIMSON a year ago. The following quotation is from an editorial which appeared on the day before the 1915 Senior elections...
...culminated in the present war. And whatever else may result from it, a step of some sort should be taken to make the repetition of such a war less probable. The League to Enforce Peace contemplates this by forming a combination of nations which will force member nations to refer their difficulties to judicial courts before resorting...