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Major Higginson spoke to the Freshmen yesterday evening on "Sacrifice and Service." Dean Yeomans, introducing Major Higginson, spoke of the comfort and advice he had received from him in the trying days of the Spanish War.
"Nobody can talk about the sacrifice in these times of men who are doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief in the night--the shortage of food is certain to continue."
Major Higginson concluded his speech by speaking of opportunities for service and the obligations all citizens have towards the country, especially in time of war when every one's duty is to learn to be of some good.
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