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...Gardner's residence, as is well known, is built in the style of the Venetian Renaissance palace, and incorporates many original structural details which have been brought over from Italy. The central court, protected by a sky-light, is a marvellous complex of floral color and fragrance...
...second chapter, Dr. Howe takes up that most complex and insoluble question, "What Protection is Adequate?" He shows our relative naval protection per mile of coast line compared with other nations, and the strength of our army on a war footing compared with our population and the territory we have to protect. He further explains the measures that have already been passed by Congress and shows their unsuitability to our needs at the present time. The remainder of the book contains valuable statistics on preparedness, what it can do for the individual and the best methods of impressing it upon...
...society has become more and more complex, new and undreamt of opportunities for life work have opened up to college students. Some of these are already being professionalized, particularly those of a business character. Our schools of commerce and finance are preparing men for railroading, insurance and banking, and other lines of mercantile and business activities. Moreover, commercial and manufacturing concerns are reaching out in every direction for able college students of trained judgment and clear vision who, on learning the technique of the particular occupations, may be counted upon for leadership and direction. There is also the official public...
Increasingly American business life is pervades by the professional spirit. It has grown in response to pressure from within and to a quickened social sense from without. It was large-scale business, complex and with many public contacts, that has first felt these forces, and therefore has sought systematically to enlist broadly trained men. The smaller concerns are now falling into line. Business leaders began looking for young men who could use their minds, who could analyze problems and take a fresh point of view. They found that college graduates were likely to have the qualities they sought, activity...
...plan of Sunday marches is for them to progress in requirement of technical knowledge. After stressing at first march discipline,-such as cadence, and prevention of straggling, the Regiment plans to devote the later hikes to the more complex points. On the second Sunday an advance and rear guard will be formed; and later reconnoitering parties will deliver attacks and counter-attacks, the placement of troops being governed by the individual situation. To be qualified to take part in the interesting and complicated maneuvers, men will have to master the fundamental principles of march discipline, and for this reason attendance...