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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Haven last Thursday Yale began its 219th year fully mobilized for the stern work at hand with an enrolment close to 2500 men, of whom only about 300 are in the university's non-military group. The other 2200 are registered among the many branches of national service and before the year is out their number will probably be increased to nearly 6000. There is at New Haven the only college artillery unit in the country, while the Sheffield Scientific School is the Army laboratory centre, and the Yale Naval Unit is so far the largest established. At present...
Sewall left the University for overseas in 1917, first entering the ambulance service. In December he applied for service with the American Army and began training as an aviator. At the time of his exploit he had been in the active flying service just three weeks...
...this to be the German policy when, after the Naval Reserve had taken to sea in their motley array of ships, no enemy was found willing to do battle. Our vigil little by little relaxed, the crews ceased to open fire on every inoffensive porpoise, and the Navy Department began to build 110-footers to go abroad and do our fighting there. Just when all was serene and quiet the Teuton struck and as usual he did a thorough job. About ten United States ships have gone to the bottom and still the U boats are at large...
...hundred and fifty-four members began this course of the Naval Cadet School, which is the second session of the school at the University. Last October the Ensign School was moved from M. I. T., where 50 students had attended its summer session. About 150 men started the first course at the University last fall and of their number 122 were graduated...
Soon after the work on the river began, R. S. Emmet '19 was elected captain of the University eight. Together with Parkman and F. B. Whitman '19, he formed a trio which served as an excellent nucleus for the war-time crew. No training table was instituted, but as rigid a system of training as was practicable was instituted and an effort was made to put the crew work on a firm basis which should set a precedent for the continuation of rowing during...