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...with the University who served in the American Civil War. Tablets and memorial windows especially perpetuate the names of those who lost their lives in service. A similar scheme, it seems proper, should be worked out for the commemoration of those who felt the call equally strong to go forth to battle for and to assist in the cause which had their devotion in the present war. The place suggested for the new memorial is Soldiers Field, and there it seems indeed fitting that the statue or other memorial should stand, dedicated to the memory of all who served...
...this thing of determining the future history of the country, and those first voters, boys and girls, who don the habiliments of full-fledged citizenship when they take their first ballots in their hands and step into the voting booths owe in return for the new privilege that hence-forth is to be theirs, all the serious thought that they can bring to bear upon the choice offered to them. Four years ago they were on the threshold of their majority. Today they have crossed it. Four years ago their interest in politics was academic. Today it is practical. Four...
...nobly pathetic Queen Katharine tread the stage. It is a play of great figures clashing in great scenes. The death of Buckingham, the meeting of Henry and Anne Bollen at the ball, the trial of Queen Katharine, the fall of Wolsey, the coronation of Anne--these scenes show forth the spirit of that turbulent...
...undertone of protest and complaint against the seven o'clock bell is being heard from the dwellers in the Yard. Communications and denunciations will soon appear in their annual abundance. The justification of this old custom is to be found in the fact that it is successful in calling forth words of execration and condemnation. The Senior requires something upon which to vent his discontent, and then it distracts his mind from harmful meditation on the probable results of the world war, or the possibilities of more comprehensive knowledge of the fourth dimension. As David Harum says, "A certain amount...
...improved by a little systematic training in promptness, exactness, restraint, efficiency and other soldierly qualities." And aside from the incalculable benefits to the individuals that should urge us toward, some system of military training. Dr. Howe, in a clear, concise manner, with no unnecessary language or clever rhetoric, sets forth the reasons why the United States, fol- ly as much as any other nation in the world, needs an adequate army and navy. To the believer in preparedness, this book will bring a newer and saner plea for defense than any he has yet heard; to the pacifist...