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1896 ] with strong competition and capable and enthusiastic officials, there is every reason to believe the team will be a strong one. Manager Cromlish should receive the hearty support of every one, and when the small assessment is made, lighten the burdens of his office by paying your assessment voluntarily. A TERM of the college year is gone, and we have crossed the threshold of another term. Many can look back with satisfac tion conscious of a good hard terms work. Others who have loafed hard and now find themselves behind in their studies are brought to a keen realization of the importance of steady, system atic and conscientious work. It is impossible to recall the past and do over again that which we would desire to do, but the sen sible student will profit by past mistakes and go steadily to work with the firm determination of improving the remaining oppor tunities of his course. May we all recognize the importance of doing good thorough work each clay for in no other way can we accomplish the true ends of a college education. TFu President's message to Congress, which was quickly fol lowed by clamorous cries for war from the newspapers and by promises from the governors of the different States to furnish thousands of troops, has called forth much criticism and censure from many of our prominent college men. It is a notable fact that many of our educators, men who are recognized authorities upon international law and American history have deprecated this hasty action of our government in making its first action an ultimatum. • The utter madness for war which seemed to take possession of the American people has brought discredit upon our national dignity, and a continuance of this disgraceful uproar will bring much discredit upon our high officials whose sacred duty is cool deliberation in cases involving national disaster. The honor of our people requires that every peaceable and honorable effort be made before even a threat of war, and the hasty action of our President in threatening war in defense of the Monroe doctrine without previously investigating whether that doctrine has been violated, was neither dignified nor honorable. The United States must prove beyond a doubt that Great Britain is unjustly attempting to extend her boundary line, and Editorial