Word: camped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clear sky the Government has suddenly called on the University to fill up the quota from New England for the June Camp and once more the response has been worthy of the cause...
...June Camp is another case of much ado about a fairly simple matter. There has been more fuss and complication about this one month of training than about any other camp in the history of the many training enterprises in which the University has been concerned. We may have had difficulties in enrolling for Plattsburg Training Camps last year and there were doubtless barriers in the path of those who wished to become officers at Devens and Upton, but these difficulties were mere jokes compared to the maze of complications which came in the wake of the present camp. First...
...special examinations, without having suddenly thrust upon their shoulders the bothersome necessity of making out still more sets of papers and having a new collection of blue books piled before them. It is greatly to their credit that they have realized the value of the June Camp and have given every man who hopes to go a fair chance to complete his academic work...
...though the camp does not lead directly to a commission, it will be of the utmost value in the long run. This advantage of being regularly enrolled in the Government service is of great importance. A man who makes good at Plattsburg this summer will have done the best thing towards getting himself favorably considered when the time comes to enter an O. T. C. and will show directly to the real authorities that he is capable of the responsibilities and duties of an officer...
This afternoon the University nine will face the 302d Infantry of Camp Devens on Soldiers Field at 3.30. The visitors' lineup is not known, but a close game is assured in view of the soldiers' good record in the previous engagements of the season...