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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enlisted men were examined, and of these five-tenths percent were recommended for rejection or discharge, and one and two-tenths percent for service organizations and development battalions. Many of these men would have been detected by general observation in the course of time, but the tests furnished objective data at once upon which to base an opinion. They also obviated the necessity of judging a man by his face and other marks of intelligence. In the various officers' groups, the engineers ranked first, being followed by field artillery, trench mortar, personnel adjutants, and ambulance company officers...
Although there is almost no data from which to make a comparison of the rival crews, the University is slightly the favorite in view of its victory over Princeton and the Blue's defeat at the hands of the Quaker oarsmen. This advantage, however, would seem to be balanced by the Crimson's lack of experienced men, none of the crew being veterans, in contrast to the Elis, who have three of last year's first boat entered in the race today, Hyatt, Mead and Vail. Statistics of the oarsmen show that the University outweighs the Eli eight pounds...
...Data concerning many positions open for summer work in various plants engaged in war work under contract with the Government, has been collected by the University Employment Bureau. It is the intention of this office to assist all members of the University who are unfit for military service this year in obtaining work at one of these plants, and thus aid in solving the war labor problem...
...members of the class of 1918, including those who entered the service, in an attempt to collect the required information for the usual individual "lives" to be printed in the Class Album. All members of the class now resident in Cambridge are expected to send in their data to the committee by March 1, while those who are away from College will be allowed more time in which to fill out and return the blanks...
...University war records of the Civil War were not compiled until after 1865, and great difficulty was experienced then in obtaining complete data...