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...arose, President Lowell has worked ceaselessly to give Harvard the quickest and best facilities to turn out trained officers. In the beginning he waived many rules of the scholastic curriculum in order that additional men might join the R. O. T. C. without jeopardizing their degrees. By the recent move of the Faculty entire liberty has been given all men to terminate their College work and devote as much time as is feasible to military instruction. No college head could have done more to aid the Government, or in fact, to set an actively patriotic example for the Government, than...
...father-in-law was one of the men who financed the revolt): When the first treaty with the United States was rejected by the Colombian Congress, the business men of Panama, many of them foreigners, were afraid that the Canal would not be built, so they started a separist move- ment; it was not a popular uprising. Envoys were sent to the United States to obtain aid, but they met with no encouragement. Discouraged, they went to New York. Bueno Varella, a journalist, gave them encouragement. He told them to start the revolt and they would get help from...
...being circulated asking for the establishment of universal service should be signed by every man who has a broad regard for the interest of his nation. The signature of any one man may not seem a great thing. Yet the signature of many thousands of patriotic men may move our national legislature...
...regard to this country sending over an expeditionary force in case of war with Germany, I rather doubt whether the British would welcome such a move. From my experience in Europe it seems to me the best thing the United States can do is to start right away to get an army ready and secure efficiency, and then if a time comes to go, they will be trained men, and greatly desired over there. The two ways the United States can help the Allies is by loans of money and the convoying of supply ships by war vessels. The Allies...
...Pudding Club has cancelled the production of this year's play. For a month or more the members have given their time for daily rehearsals, and now they have been willing to see their efforts wasted, and to forego the enjoyment of the later performances. It is a patriotic move and one to be highly commended. It is a full and sufficient proof of the Pudding's worth...