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...perceive the inherent value of Mr. Sperry's invention and for some time, dreadnaughts, destroyers, and submarines have directed fire from the "crows nest," bridge, or conning tower by the aid of the numerous "repeaters" which respond instantly to the pulse of the master-gyro protected by the heaviest armor...
...There is the need of supporting the organization which keeps our military establishment fit; there is the great appeal of alleviating human suffering; and there is the baser but important stimulant to action of the smallness of the solicited contribution. If such appeals fail to pierce the student's armor of indifference, Harvard's future is a sad one. Everyone has at least something to give. The man who cannot sacrifice for such a cause is no man at all. He lacks the essentials of true national spirit. Today is the last day of the Red Cross campaign...
...cause. More, however, find it easier to leave it to the family or to plead off because of lack of funds. The difficulty of reaching the undergraduate's pocketbook has become proverbial, and human nature has not changed. The demands of the present week, however, must necessarily pierce the armor-plate of every man's private exchequer...
...salute, he says, arose from the custom of raising the visor when two knights in armor met, by way of recognizing friend from foe. Otherwise, it would be like trying to tell men apart when they are wearing gas-masks...
Down across the broad fields of by-ways of our land, on through main traveled roads and the busy thoroughfares of cities, drives the heavy chariot of Mars, his sleek black horses caparisoned with shining armor. As he sounds his silver bugle, thousands of fair youths heed its call, and trudge bravely forth to do his bidding. From shop and home they come, from the canons of great cities, from the gray cloisters of the universities, all march behind the great van of the tyrant, all with high ideals and hearts undisturbed by the grim realities around them. For theirs...