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...Harvard Regiment was notable for its size and for the cooperative spirit of its members, which was at least equal to that at the Junior Plattsburg camp. Naturally many of its enlistments were the result of mob psychology. It was one of the things that was "being done...
...advantages of the course over last year's Regiment are numerous. In that body, each man had to buy his uniform and received no credit for his work either from the University of from the War Department. Military Science and Tactics 1 will count as one course toward a degree, and toward a commission as a reserve officer...
...final number enrolled in Military Science and Tactics 1 will decide whether Harvard remains in the van of the preparedness movement. The tradition of voluntary military service, born in the days of Revolutionary and Civil wars, was continued and strengthened by the formation of the Regiment last year. The failure to establish two units of the reserve officers' training corps at Harvard will shatter the tradition. The country must have reserve officers to lead the volunteer units and Harvard, instead of showing one hundred and fifty men in training, ought to show her proportionate share, six hundred future reserve officers...
...military course have been seaching for an adequate explanation of the undergraduates' disgraceful showing. Last year, when the drill gave no credit towards a college degree and there was no chance of being recommended for a commission in the reserve army, over a thousand men gladly enrolled in the Regiment. This year only 130 men have signed up for a course which offers double the advantages of the practical work completed last spring...
Contrary to the expectation of many members of the University there will be no voluntary organization similar to last year's Regiment this year. Enrolment in the course is the only means by which undergraduates may show active sympathy with the preparedness movement in the University as applied to the officers' training corps. For Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores no previous military training is necessary in order to enroll, but Freshmen are required to consult Captain Cordier at Weld 3 by next Tuesday before they will be permitted to take the course...