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...must be said that in view of all that is passing in the world, the contributors to the current Monthly seem somewhat strangely "untouched by solemn thought." There is, to be sure, an editorial directed against the "Harvard Prussianism" with which the "Union for American Neutrality" was greeted. In two of the eleven poems in the number-- "My Peace I Leave With You," by Robert S. Hillyer, and "The Hour," by W. A. Norris--one hears at least an echo from the present upheaval of mankind. Otherwise, except for Mr. Hunt's contribution, everything might be going on just...
...obliged to challenge practically the whole of Europe. Granting that Germany, by her submarine warfare, is contravening the principles of international law, what shall we say of the Orders in Council issued by the British Admiralty, whereby neutral cargoes of non-contraband goods are seized, in spite of the solemn guarantees of the Declaration of London, in which England and other signatories bound themselves to respect the non-contraband character of such goods? The recognition of the restrictions which would be imposed on American trade and passenger traffic if we were to "take orders from Germany" should not blind...
...action of the corporation was taken by a solemn, specific, legally binding resolution which will oblige the monument t be built unless the corporation by some act s solemn, as specific, and as legally-binding shall rescind the resolution and return the money already raised to the subscribers. --JOHN JAY CHAPMAN...
...bespeak for the training camps, the support of every Harvard man. I regard enrolment therein as a solemn duty resting upon all properly qualified men. I especially urge the undergraduate body to take the lead in this movement, so full of hope for the future of America...
...march tunes and songs of victory, but it has always been a source of satisfaction to us here, if the writer is not mistaken, that the most sacred of the old Harvard songs, revered alike for its antiquity and its associations, is sung and played only upon most solemn occasions or at moments of deepest feeling. We have a notion that by maintaining our hymn aloof from freer and coarser use, we render it cleaner and pleasanter as a remainder of the more inspiring aspects of University life...