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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Smileage Books" are printed in two sizes, one containing 20 five-cent coupons and costing $1, the other containing 100 five-cent coupons and costing $5. These books will admit the soldier to whom they are given to the various entertainments at the camps. Large theatres and tents have been put up especially for this purpose in the 32 National Army and National Guard cantonments in which regular theatrical companies will give regular shows. Vaudeville from Keith's circuit by special companies who will play only at the camps will be provided for the soldiers, together with the best concerts...
...factor to be considered is that now, when the war makes it imperative to reduce all expenses to the minimum, is the time to inaugurate a reform of this kind. The high cost of rowing has always been traceable to the Poughkeepsie regatta, with its late date and its long and costly period of preliminary training. A plan which limits intercollegiate rowing to the academic year, which makes it possible for the student body to see its crews in action for its most important races, and which cuts expenses in half, is certainly worth serious consideration by the stewards...
Since the outbreak of war, 18 educational institutions have had to discontinue athletics, 22 colleges out of 26 have eliminated pre-season coaching and 23 out of 26 have cut down their training-table. The three who continued the practice reduced the cost greatly...
Since the Union has served as the University Dining Hall this year, the building is heated, and the extra rooms can be maintained without further fuel cost. The Union will be open to all students in the University this year without payment of membership fees...
...sane world, "freedom of the sea" means what it did to Grotius: Beyond the shallows of the shore no nation claims control. To an obstinate old man, obsessed with that German war mania that has cost the world so much blood and so many tears, it means that in time of war no nation must have a sea power superior to Germany's or capable of coping with German aggression. Yet when Germans solemnly protest that they are fighting for the freedom of the seas, it is the Tirpitz kind of freedom that they have in mind. New York World...