Word: constructive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...outclassed by Coach Cavanaugh's machine it was evident that Yale's attack was entirely lacking in drive and in organization. Nor was the strength of her defense sufficient to justify the claim of the Yale supporters that Dr. Sharpe had intentionally neglected offensive training in order to first construct an impregnable defense...
...will construct a base hospital with 500 beds, or equip an infantry brigade with pistols...
...part of the undergraduates would cause the alumni to remedy this situation. Therefore, if the Harvard undergraduates formulated a varsity swimming team next year, practising with the best means available at present, this would act as an incentive to the alumni to furnish the necessary funds to construct a good pool...
...first of the steel cargo ships built by the Government, since the declaration of war, to increase the available tonnage, will be launched in Seattle next Saturday. It has taken only four months to construct her, and already a large number of standardized sister ships are in various stages of completion. Whatever delay there may be in turning out cargo ships is not due to lack of workers or supplies, but to the lack of those enormous plants which are necessary for the construction of even a relatively small vessel. Lloyd George has again urged us to increase our shipbuilding...
Military drill at Princeton is progressing rapidly. Among the several new features added to the daily routine during the past week are bayonet instruction, problems in estimating distances, and trench work. The last mentioned feature, trench construction, has been taken up only by those men enlisted for intensive training. The work has consisted mainly of constructing combination trenches, which do not present so many difficulties in building. It was also found necessary to construct trenches of this type because the dampness of the ground where the work is being carried on did not allow any depth for digging. Sand...