Word: chiefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Coach William Haines of the crew contributes a short article entitled "Personal Reminiscences." Memoirs should always be of some length--if not, they appear sketchy and conglomerate. This is the chief fault with Coach Haine's article; it is too diffuse. But its material is interesting...
Three months ago, Secretary Baker of the War Department declared that there were "plenty of arms for a force of 1,000,000 men," but General Crozier, chief of ordnance, has estimated that by June 30 we will have probably only 850,000 rifles and it will undoubtedly be necessary to make changes in existing private plants making rifles for the Allies, as no two European rifles are the same, and all are different from the American rifle. Moreover, it is probable that these plants could not be in working order inside of a year. For the army planned...
...acting last evening, the chief honors should go to Miss Hinkley as the old woman in "The Reunion," Miss Edith Coombs as the mother in "A Trans- fer of Property," and Miss Auerbach as an Italian girl in "The Little Cards." Of the men in the cast, Mr. Bushnell and Mr. J. H. Hotson were perhaps the best. Mr. Hardinge Scholle, in a small part, did his best to be sinister and disagreeable, but the role does not suit his character. The settings, though in no way remarkable, were extremely true to life, and mention should be made...
...Reunion," a sketch by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley, a Radcliffe special student, deals with age and sentiment. The chief characters are a woman 80 years old and a man of 62. Miss Hinkley, the author, takes the leading part...
...organization known as "The Motor-cycle Minute-Men of America," has been formed. Its purpose is to enroll, instruct and train the motorcyclists of America so that they will be fitted for active service on short notice. Their chief duty will be that of dispatch riding and as in case of war there will be an immediate need of men trained in this work, all those who are enrolled would be called for active service...