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Again, with no major teams to monopolize their time, the coaches can devote their attention to all those who come out for physical development. The coaches are on hand from two to five o'clock every afternoon, and they are glad to direct the athletic work of those who can report for it. Hence, the opportunity is present for each member of a unit in Harvard University to make himself physically fit,--to do that is a duty encumbrant upon every man who desires to serve his country most efficiently. It is the physical development of the men in general...
...planned, the S. A. T. C. provides for direct Government control of the greater part of the student body. In addition, by receiving selected high school graduates each college will make full use of all its equipment and organization. A double advantage is thereby secured, in that colleges will be able to continue actively their was service, while the nation will possess a tangible, ever replenished store-house of future officer material. That the American college will not suspend its academic activities during the war is alone of immense advantage. We have seen the English and French universities go down...
...latter position is to be filled during the summer by Major C. C. Lane, long associated with the Corps and probably more familiar with its present needs than any other one man. Lieutenant Morize is expected to act in the capacity of Assistant to the Commandant, and will have direct charge of the field training of he regiment. Final details of the new organization will be announced in a special edition of the CRIMSON to be published next week...
...brought many changes in the daily life of the people. The college undergraduate has been equally affected and moves in a sphere unknown to the peaceful days of previous years. He has curtailed almost all activities which have no direct hearing on the present conflict. Old customs which had become Harvard's sacred traditions have passed out of existence. All this the undergraduate gladly accepts, knowing it to be the inevitable. Yet there is a danger that war hysteria may drive Americans to measures which are not marked by necessity. It is this consideration which demands reflection on the decision...
...sound as drafting an army. Practically it meets with the overwhelming opposition of the nation's entire public opinion. It is for this reason that the Government has diverted labor into more essential channels by means of the military draft, a method devoid of the repulsiveness of more direct labor compulsion and yet equally effective in practice. In threatening immediate military service for those not employed in essential industry, a real incentive is supplied toward securing a more perfect war organization. This measure means the elimination of idlers of all types. It recognizes that while the complexity of modern society...