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King Henry being out of sorts over the failure of the royal pond to yield him fish, summons Godred before him. In a fit of anger at the latter's boldness he orders him to be shot at sunrise, only in this case "shot" means "beheaded." Only on one condition may his life be spared,--namely, if the Lady Margaret Silchester consents to be his wife. She, dean thing, consents out of pity, only to be refused by the haughty Godred, who swears that he would rather die than live without "love, love, love...
...prominent educators and business men, including Dean E. F. Gay, of the Graduate School of Business Administration, have been appointed by United States Commissioner of Education Claxton as a committee to investigate and report on the means for establishing in schools and college courses of study best adapted to fit young men for careers in the foreign service of the country...
...Members of the Regimental Committee who are absent without cause from the regular meetings of the Committee, or who, in the opinion of the Committee, fail properly to perform their respective duties, may be fined as the Committee sees fit, or the name of the negligent member may be reported by the Committee, through its chairman, to the Regimental Commander for neglect of duty. Upon the recommendation of the Committee the Regimental Commander may relieve such negligent member from the Committee and direct his company to elect a successor. In this case it shall be incumbent upon the Regimental Commander...
...There should be," said President Lowell, "the possibility of training students to fit themselves for military service under competent supervision of the state military authorities. The present prohibition against drilling and parading with firearms should be modified accordingly...
...There are in the United States nearly 1,000,000 young men coming of age each year, and of this number about 750,000 are conservatively estimated to be fit for military training. Between the ages of 19 and 25 there are over 4,500,000 men fit for service. Of these men it is estimated that there are in the colleges alone not less than 200,000 of proper age and physique. The actual male attendance in colleges in 1914 was 237,562 in high schools 541,486. In addition there are at least 700,000 young business...