Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seeks later than usual. Besides the handicap of ordinary war conditions, the insertion of a war directory was responsible for much of the delay, for it was desired to get the latest possible information on men in the service. This list is necessarily somewhat inaccurate, though the information is correct to the editors knowledge...
Another short scrimmage was the feature of the Freshman practice yesterday. Considerable improvement over yesterday's playing was evident, especially in the forward lines, and a semblance of team-work was also displayed. Coach Gross endeavored to correct yesterday's outstanding weakness, inaccurate shooting, and practice was frequently stopped to point out some fault. As usual substitutions were numerous and every member of the squad was given two opportunities to play...
Time, however, works changes on all things, including constitutions. Any notion that our troops would ever fight in European conflicts would scarcely have been foreseen a few years ago. Literal adhierence to any archaic stipulation may be legally correct, but it may be diplomatically wrong. Our prohibitions, where they are not to our advantage, should not appear to lessen an appreciation of France's gifts. The customary practice among our allies is to wear such medals, and we are expected to follow a similar policy. Let not Frenchmen think that we are indifferent to their highly prized rewards. Although...
...Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of a child three days after his birth, the Memorial Society, which each year holds commemoration services, decided in 1910 to fix November 26 in the year 1607 as the correct date of the birth of John Harvard...
...correct a possible misunderstanding which your editorial of today may produce I should like to explain that the principle of fairly frequent rotation of all officers and non-commissioned officers in the Training Corps has been discussed at several meetings of the tactical staff and has the approval, I believe, of all the battalion commanders. The accident of my having been the first to mention the matter at a company officers' meeting should not be used to give the impression that I was the originator of the idea. In some battalions it may seem advisable to make a complete change...