Word: drill
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual class competitive gymnastic drill at Amherst was held on Saturday. The sophomores received the prize...
...batallion connected with the Institute of Technology gives the final exhibition and prize drill of the year this afternoon in the Exhibition Building on Huntington avenue, Boston...
...notice it was generally agreed upon, that our brother Phileman Pormort shall be entreated to become schole-master for the teaching and nourtering of children with us." Last Thursday evening the alumni of the school thus founded and to-day known as the Boston Latin School, assembled in the drill hall of the school building to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the oldest school on the continent. The Latin School is one year older than Harvard, and is the staunchest adherent to it among the preparatory schools. The performance of the evening was:- Prayer...
...anniversary was held in the large drill hall of the school, which had been decorated for the occasion. Long before the hour announced on the programme the hall was filled with an audience composed of the best citizens of Boston. Many students from Harvard were present. The officers of the battalion, in full uniform, acted as ushers. The speaker's desk was draped with the banner which the Latin School company, composed of alumni of the school, carried through the Rebellion. This quarter-millenial celebration of the school will long be remembered as one of the proudest and most successful...
...military. Reveille at six o'clock is the signal for all to turn out. Roll call, breakfast, and the call to studies follow quickly. At half-past twelve the recall from studies sounds. Dinner at one o'clock. Then studies again from two until four, when the assembly for drill is sounded. Two hours of drill follow. Then supper at half-past six. There are two hours of study in the evening. Taps sounds at ten o'clock. The drills are varied and embrace every sort of practical exercise that a naval officer requires in the various duties...