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...Europe our record is no better. We have failed more shamefully than in Mexico to maintain our rights on land and sea. We failed to prevent the loss of American lives on the Lusitania; we failed to prevent British bullying and piracy on the high seas. Had we made our principle of strict accountability clear and unmistakable before the Lusitania sailed, we might have prevented a great catastrophe, and moreover retained the respect of a great nation. Had we brought England to her senses by so simple an expedient as the stoppage of munitions, we might have prevented the pilfering...
...principle of fair play is fortunately very prominent here in Cambridge. These articles which appear to have sprung up like mushrooms over night and without visible origin or reason, have a quality of feeling rather than of fairness. Whatever purpose or result they may have, we undergraduates should maintain the important consideration of loyalty and respect towards our professors, more worthy than the rash acceptance of uncertain insinuations. E. L. FLORANCE...
...three of her most, brilliant and loyal alumni. It includes "Soldiers Field," by Major Higginson, "Habit," by Professor James, and "The Mistakes of College Life," by Dean Briggs, and "Master Fortissima." The Freshman cannot read this little book without gaining encouragement and new strength for the fight to maintain high ideals. There is no reason why the advice and inspiration contained in this generous gift should be limited to the Freshmen. anyone who buys the book will find something helpful, something which will make the world seem brighter and the daily tasks less arduous...
...been estimated that the army must maintain a crops of 50,000 partially trained junior officers to facilitate organization of an adequate military force should the nation have war with a power capable of attempting invasion. The main source of supply for these officers would be institutions with approved military courses...
Consistency is, in these days of world stress, with their inevitable appeal to feeling and prejudice, a quality of mind difficult to maintain, but none the less, on that account, to be desired. It seems that no one who has thoughtfully read the editorial columns of the issues of the CRIMSON for Friday and Saturday of last week can fail to have been struck by the fundamental discrepancy in the attitude reflected in these two successive numbers. We are first assured, under the heading "Harvard Internationalism," that "it is refreshing to reflect that some of the great universities...