Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stetson Oracle, Vol. 15: Dec. 22, 1931 A few years ago we emerged from the mightiest conflict ever staged on the face of the earth. A decisive conflict it was - one that will, in all probability, de termine the manner of govern ment in this and future genera tions. Largely through the heroic efforts of our boys who went across, the world was made safe for democracy Had autocracy triumphed, our style would now have a monarchy in its place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.