Word: certaines
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...before agreeing or disagreeing with this terrible indictment of our cold-blooded masters, let us examine a little more closely the nature of a university degree. That degree certifies that one has done a certain amount of work according to the standards set by the university. That an undergraduate did a noble thing in joining the colors does not alter the fact that he did not complete the requirements for a diploma...
...secretaries, civil engineers, accountants, etc. The lowest in the scale are the teamsters, general miners, cobblers, tailors, and laborers. It must be remembered that this is a ranking of such occupations in the Army and probably does not hold in general, for the most intelligent men of a certain trade may have been exempted from the draft on industrial grounds...
...ascertaining how much a man knew about the trade in which he claimed to be proficient. A series of examination questions were prepared for each trade, covering specific technical points with which only a man of that trade could be expected to be familiar. He was also given certain practical problems and was classified by means of his score as expert, apprentice, etc., and placed accordingly in the Army organization...
...selected for special schools by seniority, alphabetically, and through the personal judgment of their superiors. In order to base promotion more upon actual merit than upon chance judgment and personal bias, a rating scale was formed on the principle of ranking officers of one's acquaintance according to certain characteristics, giving each individual so many points according to whether he was best, medium, or worst, and using them as a scale for selection of the men to be promoted. In this way one had concrete and definite examples or standards rather than vague notions and intuitions. One's judgment...
...forces began the great drive against the Germans in the Argonne region on September 26, Colonel Shannon obtained permission to leave an important post in the Personnel Bureau and go to the front. During the terrific fighting trained officers were in demand, and he was given command of a certain infantry regiment in the absence of its colonel. For his efficient service he was recommended for promotion to the rank of colonel, and being placed in command of the 112th Regiment Infantry, 28th Division, led that regiment in the assault and capture of Chatel-Chehery on October 7. While organizing...