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...whether we put country above right or not, we all want our country to be right, particularly when it is a question of war. Even if one makes one's fatherland monarch of conscience and dictator of action, surely it must be revolting to go killing the enemy when you think he is right. Though all sensible people, as General Wood said, desire peaceful settlement of troubles, yet honest attempts have failed and may fail again. And therefore Plattsburg, the naval cruise, and Harvard's Preparedness Week (with its large bouquets of "easy conscience...
Most Americans that admire France above all nations in the present war, admire her because her people seem generally to have an intelligent understanding of why they are fighting. For University students who want to know the why of war there is a "camp" at Cleveland the last ten days of June. The object of this student conference is to find the "rational foreign policy for the United States." At last year's conference at Cornell Major Putnam, Hamilton Holt, Norman Angell, Hudson Maxim, Andrew D. White, and others presented very divergent views. The camp this year will be addressed...
...enrollment of Harvard men for Plattsburg has been thus far very creditable. Nearly one-tenth of the ten thousand enrolled are Harvard men,--graduates and undergraduates. But we want more,--everyone that we can get. We want them not only for Oglethorpe and Plattsburg, but also for the Naval training course. I am not authorized to speak for this branch of the service, but I do hope the University will be well represented on board the ships. It is a fine opportunity. I trust the CRIMSON will do everything possible to build up interest in the Camps. We want...
...started. When it came time to sail the association secretaries had made themselves so useful that it was decided that they should accompany the ships. But when they reported to the commander on the day of sailing he greeted them with the order, "Go away; I don't want to see you. Orders came from headquarters this morning forbidding me to take you. But I failed to see them and they were destroyed. We shall have sailed before more orders arrive. I don't want to see you.' So the first Y. M. C. A. secretaries reached Flanders as stowaways...
...Haughton '99, who was the last speaker, advised every man to investigate both propositions and see the significance of the plans for preparedness. In concluding the meeting, Major Higginson emphasized the importance of getting ready. "If you want a country," he said, "you will have to pay for it and protect...