Word: delaying
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...steel cargo ships built by the Government, since the declaration of war, to increase the available tonnage, will be launched in Seattle next Saturday. It has taken only four months to construct her, and already a large number of standardized sister ships are in various stages of completion. Whatever delay there may be in turning out cargo ships is not due to lack of workers or supplies, but to the lack of those enormous plants which are necessary for the construction of even a relatively small vessel. Lloyd George has again urged us to increase our shipbuilding to the maximum...
This is the message Major Ian Hay Beith gave to the Law School Society and the Graduate School Society yesterday evening. But such optimism as Ian Hay's must not be the cause of one moment's delay in our war preparations and in our firm dealing with all who hinder these preparations. Just as the Allies are concentrating all military affairs in one supreme command, so must we bend all our energies at home to the same united end. It is good to hear words of cheer, but they must lead only to greater determination...
...Cadet School, First Naval District, opened officially yesterday. Although the full quota of 150 men has not yet been made up, all those detailed so far have reported. The reason for the delay in the completion of the list is due to the fact that certain reservists have been unable to report for a special physical examination...
This is as it should be. We have the equipment and it should be given to the government without delay. To hold our place in the world of colleges we must not be over conservative--we must shape ourselves to conditions. We have a law school, a medical school, a divinity school; now that the country needs naval officers we are starting an ensign school...
...partial list of the men detailed from the Naval Reserve to the Cadet School, First Naval District, was published yesterday. There will be 150 cadets in all, but as yet only 136 men have been definitely chosen. The reason for the delay in the list's completion is that certain men who passed the examinations last August successfully have not yet reported for the physical examination. The completed list will be ready this afternoon and the names of men from the University selected in addition to those mentioned below will be published in tomorrow's CRIMSON...