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Heretofore, it has been possible to enter the College only at the beginning of each half year. The University took this prompt action in view of the statement of Secretary Daniels that college men who desired to return to college would be among the first to be discharged from the service, and the action of the army officicers' training camps in giving the men now in training in those camps opportunity to return to college immediately if they so desire. This action makes it possible not only for former students to return to the University, but also for any properly...
...system of rotation among the non-commissioned officers has been established, and a complete change will probably be made every three weeks. This system is exceptionally beneficial in that it will give each man in the company a chance to exercise command...
...brief practice was held in the Stadium Tuesday morning. Most of the men had not played for some time, but a number were members of the R. O. T. C. band last year and otherwise experienced. Altogether, the band numbers about fifty men, including the drum and bugle corps. Among these are five trombones, four bassos, four altos, and a proportionate number of piccolos, flutes, clarinets and first and second cornet players. The band will in all probability furnish the music at the Boston College football game on the twenty-third of this month and also at the Brown game...
...also caused an extensive reorganization of almost all the departments of Yale University, with the result that the many disjointed branches which went to make up the university have been consolidated into a more efficient group; also several new courses bearing directly on the war have been introduced, among which is a course in "War Issues," a combination of History and Economics which corresponds almost exactly to the course in "Problems and Issues of the War" given here...
...very striking manner have the people of Massachusetts once again proved themselves to be a bulwark of patriotism and national support. From the early formation of the Union, up to the present time, the Commonwealth was always considered a leader among the states, not only in its internal organization, but in its attitude at times of national crises, in its certainty to take the stand which would uphold and strengthen the Federal Government...