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...bugler and two drummers, the procession will march through the Yard to Sanders Theatre, where the literary exercises will be held at 11.30. This is one-half hour earlier than the time of previous years. When the head of the procession reaches the steps of Memorial it will halt, and each couple of men will separate, each member facing inward thus forming two ranks with an open avenue between. The last two men, the oldest members, will then pass up the aisle, the others following them in reverse order, so that the oldest members enter the floor of Sanders first...
...administration is very small. It behooves us to have ready for the responsible positions of government men with only the most complete training and intellectual development. Even though the entire electorate of the nation be equipped with intelligence of a high order, the functioning of our governmental institutions will halt and stagger unless the most brilliant men of the nation have been given full opportunity for developing their powers to the utmost and have been placed where those powers may have scope for effective application...
...treatment given the Reds rounded up by the Government. To him these creatures are a "collection of vermin," a "mass of scum," and, according to him, "it is not far wrong to say that the greater their anguish the greater the pleasure of all real Americans." But we must halt and reflect. Whom does he men by Americans? I feel certain that a large number who proudly bear that name and say "Civis Americanus sum," do not feel so disposed; for are not Americans human? Are they not to be included in the category of men who are sponsors...
...Cross musters its forces for the third year. No armistice has existed for that organization; no formal peace will halt its work overseas. On behalf of the people it has pledged millions of dollars toward rebuilding the devastated regions. Through fifty departments it still protects the war unfortunates of France and Italy. By strengthening the morale of these countries for three years it has incurred their blessing on the Americans. Now that the army has nearly dwindled away, the Red Cross becomes our chief public representative abroad. For this reason, if for no other, we must keep it what...
...with conservative haste among a multitude of bills designed to relieve the situation, the curtailment of war industries and the rapid discharge of soldiers is adding thousands each week to the already over-supplied labor market. When we add to these two potent sources of unemployed the present inevitable halt in the industrial machinery while it is changing from war to peace operation, the problems of relief become both grave and complex in the extreme...