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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their character as regards the College, but they were also revolutionary in the general field of education at that time. The development of the elective system gradually displaced an almost completely prescribed curriculum. And the three year course for the A. B. degree was introduced at his direction to shorten the college period for those who found the preparation for professional schools too long. That these radical changes were timely is conclusively shown by statistics, for in 1869, the year in which he became President, a total of two hundred and seventy-five degrees were given by the University, while...
...neither may be right. The fact remains that in their jesting way the men of service have expressed a basic truth which we all must come to realize sooner or later. The war will be long and the war will be hard. There is but one way to shorten the conflict or make the task set before us less difficult. We must prepare...
...that it will prove a determining factor in military action, is their view. They do not look upon the present German drive as action which if unsuccessful would result in an early ending of the war or which, if it should succeed in gaining and holding important objectives, would shorten the war. The only end of the war, as they see it, is the crushing of German military power to such a degree that a victory of civilization will be scored against a German effort at conquest and the lesson taught that in the twentieth century wars for conquest planned...
...capacity of Minister of Foreign Affairs, without a shred of patriotism, with no love either for Russia or for Germany, has tried to stop the war on the east by methods which are likely to be highly disastrous to the Russian proletariat, and to prolong instead of shorten the war. Trotsky may not be pro-German, but neither is he pro-Russian. Such a leader can never build up a new Russian nation. Kerensky was making an honest effort to do so, by getting all parties to work together. The task was too difficult for him and the captivating platform...
...Times does not rest content with its Sunday article. In the Monday edition, under the heading of 'Comment on Current Events in Sport,' we come upon an item on the same subject wherein we find the following paragraphs: 'Yale and Harvard have each appealed to the other to shorten the New London Classic; and now rowing followers explain Yale's new tack by pointing to the fact that Eli crews have been far from successful in recent years and that last June all three--'varsity, junior and freshman--were vastly, inferior to the Crimson shells.' I pass over the fact...