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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...least, because of the requirements of military training, and as yet there has been little or no attempt to organize a substitute. Undoubtedly the action of the Athletic Association is justified, chiefly on account of lack of time. But there is another argument in favor of it. A great deal of importance is attached to intercollegiate contests; so much that the players devote all their attention and interest to them. At times they become almost professional, with an object of such paramount importance as military preparation in the field, no one can afford to devote to them all that they...
...while he cannot rely on the tenderness of the instructor, the candidate must realize how necessary it is for him to pass. The year's record stands behind him, the possibilities of a commission before. His failure would mean a great deal to himself, and a great deal to the country, for every man available is needed. It would be a great calamity if a large number of those ready for the service of the nation were rejected because of academic failure...
...year. Taylor, together with W. K. B. Emerson '16, H. J. Kelleher '18, R. B. Varnum uC, and C. A. Amsden uC have been detached to Salonika to flH vacancies in Section 3, where the qualifications are especially severe, and an ambulance driver is able to see a great deal more action. Taylor describes the effect of the war on three great French cities in a letter sent from Marseilles...
Forty new books contained in the 1917 spring publication list of the University Press which will be issued today. These volumes deal with a great range of subjects including history and political science, economics, social science, education, law, classics, English, comparative literature, fine arts, architecture, chemistry, engineering, forestry, medicine, physics, philosophy, theology, and religion. Among the most notable authors on the list are Dean Edwin F. Gay, of the Graduate School of Business Administration; Professor Charles Dourier Hazen, of Columbia University; William Roscoe Thayer '81, a member of the Board of Overseers; Robert Howard Lord '06, Assistant Professor of History...
...French officers sailed from Bordeaux for Cambridge on a mission somewhat similar--to train the members of the R. O. T. C. in all phases of modern trench warfare. Military science has been revolutionized since the days of the Spanish-American war, our last war. Tactics count a great deal more, strategy much less. It is all important that our soldiers should know how to handle the new implements of warfare and understand their use. A platoon leader today has to do more than judge the range for his men and lead them over a ploughed field. He must know...