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...impossible to maintain life at unutterably frozen temparature. Some social functions take place at a degree Fahrenheit which would crack the mercury in the thermometers used on Mars or the moon...
...unthinking are sweeping them away; it is to remember throughout a conflict its true cause and not to permit childish credulity and unreasoning desire to blind the nation into waging a barbaric war of hate and revenge, blood-lust and conquest. If we fight it will be to maintain our rights as a sovereign nation with honor and dignity; our aim will be to prevent our rights from violation in the future and it will not be merely to punish a present offender, for punishment is a means to an end and not an end in itself. It is regrettable...
WASHINGTON, D. C., FEB. 5, 1917.--Replying to your telegram of the 4th, the Government in the present crisis should receive the hearty support of every citizen, regardless of party or prejudice. Harvard has always been foremost in improving its patriotism by deeds. Let the University maintain the record of the past through indicating the willingness of its student body to serve in any capacity which may be required and to that end opening facilities for the enrolment of volunteers prepared to enlist on the President's call...
...order to maintain an international position of dignity, the entire country's attention must be focused upon the problem of developing adequate military and naval forces in the miminum period of time. War may never come, but prepared we must be or disaster awaits...
President Lowell closes his report with the significant statement that by raising the tuition, Harvard has drawn on her last source of supply. If she is to maintain her present position among American universities and attract men who can adequately fill the chairs of the great professors whom she has lost by death or resignation during the present year, more funds must be forthcoming. The $10,000,000 endowment fund is the best answer which Harvard's graduates can give to this plea...