Word: coverly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Elementary navigation: this class will include only those who apply especialy for such a course. The instruction will cover generally those parts of the subject that will be useful for motorboat owners and others interested in the management of power boats employed with the patrol squadrons, such as pilot- ing, dead reckoning, chart reading...
...Engineering: this class will include only those who apply especially for such a course. The course will cover generally: (1) the organization and administration of the engineer's force aboard ship; (2) general description marine main engines, their operation and maintenance; (3) boilers and fireroom fittings--operation, care and preservation, etc., including main and auxiliary feed systems; (4) auxiliaries--disposition operation and upkeep; (5) water-tight subdivisions, drainage system, etc.; (6) evaporators and distilling plant; (7) electric lighting and power plant...
...tender age and inexperience, "The Brat" is remarkably surefooted and bright. Heralded by no great blare of publicity and sneaking into town under cover of a blizzard came this little comedy, chuck full of laughter and flesh and blood humor. It came as manna in our wilderness of "shows." The play for some moments seems about to trail off into the ordinary ruck of "he be-friends, she loves, they marry" playlets, but the characters meant more to the author than did gentle stage tradition, so she let them work out their salvation. The result was a sincere little play...
...they were free and could have had easy shots. The left side of the line was slow and failed to show much headwork; Rice improved considerably in the second half, but Baker was taken out before he could redeem himself. Another fault was the failure of the line to cover their men, and allowing themselves to be covered by the Princeton players. At one time both Scully and Comey were sent off the ice, but even then, with only four men and the goal guard opposing them, the University seven was unable to score. The work of the defensive fair...
...this year's camps is that it is the first time when there will be tried, on a large scale, the plan recently adopted by the Government of having all the expenses of the men paid by the Government. The Army Appropriation bill of 1916 included an allowance to cover the expenses of maintaining the military training camps, including paying the expenses of individual men for their transportation to and from the camp nearest their homes, their subsistence in the camp, and uniforms...