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...States shall show their patriotism by buying Liberty Bonds. The University campaign so far has been successful, but two classes are still below their quota. Two days remain for Seniors and Sophomores to go "over the top." It is the hope of the University Committee that the College will answer the President's call and will not the allow the results of a successful drive to slacken...
There is another aspect which is closely connected with Germany's imperial policy and which perhaps furnishes an answer to such an unprecedented demand. It is Germany's aim to expand. Dutch occupation of the rich territory at the mouth of the Rhine has long been a bitter obstacle to German expansion and trade. A triumphant Germany seems, therefore, to turn upon another victim. The gain of transporting war supplies through Holland is practically negligible. In demanding what she has, Germany has merely forced Dutch neutrality to a point where it must...
...good and evil and lays them bare, that its citizens may judge their own worth. Our country has been no exception to the rule. Since the Declaration of War a year ago, the United States has undergone the acid test. And how has she stood it? Truthfully, we may answer: well. Our youths have flocked from every state, willing, at least in spirit; our efforts to make up for years of unpreparedness have been honest, though sometimes ineffectual; and, taken all in all, our national spirit has been praiseworthy. It has shown vigor and earnestness but unhappily only too often...
...some measure, be pardoned for its lack of volume by the fact that the sum does not include the collections of the Freshman canvassers, who are due to make their first report today. Nevertheless, it is certain that the University, and the members of the College especially, must answer the call of the country for funds with far greater enthusiasm and zeal in the future if they are to fulfill the quota assigned them,--a quota which is over $5,000 less than the sum collected in the drive for the Second Liberty Loan...
Premier Clemenceau said, "I know the French peasants well. They ask me one thing, 'Will we win?' Assuredly, I say. 'Then we will go on,' they answer...