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...final step has been taken University business should go on as usual. Since there is a possibility of special final examinations being given in a short time, the present hour examinations ought to be considered more seriously. For some men they may in great part be the deciding element in the final grades for the year's courses. Like-wise, it is poor judgement for men to drop organized athletic work on the supposition that all contests will be cancelled...
...male parts are only fair, and in one of them we find a jarring element; for the humor of Mr. Irving Brooks, when not machine-like, is a coarser element than should ordinarily be found in a production of so delicate finish...
...into bold relief the value of discipline and methodical life incident to military training. One valuable result of their opposition has been a renascence of the patriotic spirit of our youth, who today clamor for participation in the various training camps. Never since the last war has this vitalizing element made itself so plainly evident...
...crew of only five men, it is possible for a small group of friends to form a unit of their own, and in this way be assured of congenial companionship during the term of training. In case of an actual invasion or war on our shipping no element of our defensive system would be in greater need of being well prepared than the patrol boat squadrons. Many who have found it impossible to join a military organization might find that the work required at the Navy Yard could be fitted in to their schedules for this year. At least...
...less true now than it was a hundred years ago that our first line of defence is the Navy. It is more true. The elaboration of modern war has made the machine the essential element of defence. A battleship is the most stupendous kind of a war machine. The contest between England, the greatest sea-power, and Germany, the greatest land-power, has proved to the world that a navy which may command the seas avails more than millions of men fighting in the trenches, or hundreds of millions of treasure...