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...appear to think that war can be forever drowned out by a flood of talk, that the pen can grind the sword into a plowshare. Some pacifists speak as if any alternate were always preferable to war; and yet very few of them would carry the principle of non-resistance so far as to reduce this country to the condition of china, a prey to the foreign spoiler. Between national subjection or humiliation and war they would not hesitate. Nor are they, with few exceptions, unwilling to adopt such means as may be necessary to avert wars, or to reduce...
...many good men ask: Why resort to military force? Why not try milder measures; a conference of the members of the league, or commercial non-intercourse? To pledge nations to declare war is a dreadful thing. Apply the same question to the maintenance of order within a city. Why have a policeman, and why should he be armed? If he sees a burglar breaking into a house, or a highwayman attacking a wayfarer, why should he not call a meeting of the city council for conference Why instead of having a police force, should not the citizens agree to boycott...
...students were probably better prepared in the University for the actual practice of their profession than anywhere wlse in the world. Since Langdell took control in 1871, the Law School has to its credit not only the evolution of the case system, but also the creation of an academic, non-practising group of teachers of law, and the elevation of standards for the law degree. These achievements have profoundly influenced the legal education of the country. Langdell, Ames, and Thayer are the leading names in this evolution. It will not be easy to find a successor to them...
...needs of the homeless, the foodless, the sick, the wounded. Much more, however, is still needed, for, greater yet than the treasure outpoured so freely, is the mighty and ever-growing need. In Belgium a whole population is barely being saved from sheer starvation; in northern France the wretched non-combatants are in as pitiful a plight; in Servia, disease of the most malignant and deadly character adds its destructive powers to lack of food and shelter; Poland, harried by the contending hosts, well nigh fails to make its lamentable condition known...
...University of Michigan has recently voted to raise its tuition fees to go into effect in the fall of 1916, except in the case of the Dental College, which will be put into effect next fall. Non-resident fees for students in the several schools and colleges of the University have been increased from $10 to $25 more than those required of residents of the state...