Word: boatings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...With the entry of the United States into the war, it is probable that many members of your University Boat Club will at some time be visiting this country on their way to or back from the fighting line...
...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...
...charge of this heavy brigade, with its respective ears flapping like the weekly wash on a windy Monday morning, lifting its trunks as does the baggage-smasher before he drops them to the concrete pavement, and heaving its battleship-gray sides for lack of breath like a boat in a stormy sea, they--the embattled Cimmerians, Lydians or Parthians--dropped their spears and bows, and departed, swiftly but not silently, in the direction of Cathay or some port further East, where the climate is good, and warriors may enjoy a long, long rest...
...best of our ability our boys from enlisting until they are of age. There will be, therefore, next year about 50 men who will still want naval training. Added to this number we hope that there will be many Freshmen. We, therefore, plan first to obtain a boat of sufficient size to enable us to go to sea in the afternoon and teach the boys the practical side of navigation...
...University are scheduled to sail from New York today for France, to serve in the American Ambulance Field Service. These men will go to Bordeaux on the steamer Chicago of the French Line, the same ship that carried the contingent from the University last February. The sailing of the boat has been held over since last Saturday. Beside the men from the University, the Chicago will take two units from the University of California, one from the University of Illinois, one from the Washington University of St. Louis, and 80 other men from colleges and universities throughout the country...