Word: aging
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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From that dim age when the gay college boys observed the day of rest in a three-hour sermon, a longer dinner, and the remainder of the time in reading Numbers, recreation on Sunday has been in the moral eyes of the righteous the next thing to uncleanliness, and far worse than fratricide. Unending generations of college men have striven for ways whereby the boathouses, the tennis courts, and the athletic fields might be opened. And for all their striving, there is perhaps as much relaxation around Harvard Square on the Sabbath as there was in the time of John...
...Department has informed the University Office that the minimum age limit for candidates for army air service has been reduced to 19 years. This will enable many men who have failed to be accepted to make their applications again to enter this field. The army air service needs "athletes who are quick-witted, punctual and reliable. Intelligent men accustomed to making quick decisions are highly desirable. Men who ride well, can sail a fast boat, or handle a motorcycle usually make good air pilots...
...former age-limit was 21 years, to which it was raised only a short time...
...recently organized Undergraduate Emergency Council at Yale has passed the following resolutions urging under-age men to remain in college...
...Whereas, General Wood, Captain Danford and his associates, and the Yale graduate body have expressed strongly their conviction that Yale undergraduates of the lower classes and men under age can render their highest immediate service to country by returning to college with the opening of the fall term and continuing with their education and the military training which will be provided...