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Major Higginson emphasized the importance of preparation for war, the question of ability to endure its hardships and to avoid the danger of disease. The immediate question before Harvard students is, "What is the right thing for us to do?" It may be the duty of a man to enter the army, or it may be his duty to stay at home to carry on the affairs of the nation, manufactures, and business; but above all, it should be remembered that it is not the duty of everyone to enlist, and Harvard undergraduates should watch coolly and intelligently...
...responsible not only for its own interests, but, through the Monroe Doctrine, for the interests of other nations among a people, disorganized and semi-barbarous, as the Mexicans, war may become inevitable. The Administration can afford a certain amount of ridicule from foreign state departments, if it can avoid war honorably; but it cannot neglect its obligations. If it is forced by these obligations to a war, however unwelcome, however wasteful from a Utopian viewpoint; and requires volunteers to carry on this war, the universities--peace advocates, disbelievers in the Administration and all--should answer the call. That fine phrase...
...expert does give a talk on a highly specialized topic it would be infinitely more courteous to him to confront him with a crowded Trophy Room or to utilize the Writing Room where the audience could sit irregularly about the speaker or even "lounge" about the room and avoid the feeling of formal emptiness prevalent in a half-filled Living Room. The meeting would be less frigid, more lively, more pleasant for the speaker and beneficial for the audience for the absence of the empty chairs...
...Student Council datebook has been placed in charge of J. J. Storrow, Jr., '15, Dunster 46. To avoid conflicts, all dates for affairs of University interest should be made with his advice. The datebook has been kept for some years under the direction of the Student Council to provide a convenient and efficient method for arranging University entertainments, meetings...
...third remedy is a naval and military domination of the non-Christian world by the Christians. All these, however, Mr. Mott declares to be impossible. Even the additional proposal for the spread of education increases the difficulties. It is Mr. Mott's firm conviction that the only way to avoid the rising dangers is to change the disposition of man's inner self, to present to the non-Christians the purest possible form of Christianity...