Word: actions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Already the Athletic Committee has announced that all schedules will be cancelled and formal athletics will be discontinued upon the advent of war. This action enables all University athletes to make definite arrangements for joining military units at a later date. Already the Faculty has passed rules governing undergraduates leaving College to join state or national organizations. Already special plans have been arranged to facilitate the members of the R. O. T. C. continuing their course, provided increased hours of instruction are added. All these preparations have been wisely made in advance. However, war has not yet been declared...
...taking this action the University has put in definite form a statement that has been expected for some days. In accordance with their policies, the Faculty are making every effort consistent with the position of the University to place the full military and naval strength of the College at the disposal of the Government. Although no such decisive step has yet been made at Yale and Princeton, these universities are expected to take similar action in the near future...
...stated at the president's office yesterday afternoon that no conditions except those which applied to other public buildings in the state were responsible for the University's action, and the belief was expressed that in the near future most of the restrictions would be removed. The museums closed to the public at present are the University Museum, the Fogg Art Museum, the Semitic Museum, and the Peabody Museum...
...action taken by the Athletic Committee of placing in the hands of Dean Briggs the discretionary power of discontinuing intercollegiate contests in the event of war will meet with general approval. In times of national need "what the devil are we doing at hockey? We ought to be drilling and learning to shoot." We ought not to be wasting our energy in games when that energy is needed elsewhere...
...actually declared. Dramatic performances and social affairs have been cancelled; intercollegiate athletics are naturally the last to go. But at such times everything which hinders military training must be set aside and for this reason, though the necessity for it is highly regrettable, the Athletic Committee's action is clearly the only proper...