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Twenty hours of drill are taken with each yearly dose of Military Science. This drill period is supposed to teach the practical handling of field artillery and, in addition, to instill vague qualities of "leadership and discipline." Twenty hours is an extremely short time in which to teach a single subject, yet the R.O.T.C. instructors have assigned to this period a dozen complicated and lengthy activities. The result is pitiful dabbling in each and success in none...
...capable officer and expert tactician who has long been submerged in the political squabbles of Spain's Leftist Government. With his predecessor, General Jose Asenseo, booted upstairs to Undersecretary of War, General Pozas moved mountains to get a sense of discipline and a few rudiments of drill into his militiamen. A lucky hit by a rebel bomber on a reported Russian freighter unloading at Cartagena seemed to prove Britain's assertion that Russia was supplying tanks, artillery and planes to Spain's Red Government, but practically none of this material last week reached the Madrid front. President...
With clear weather predicted for tomorrow's clash with Princeton, the Varsity squad engaged in its last intensive session against the Tiger plays yesterday. Dummy scrimmage, and tapering-off work completed the drill...
Today's open practice will consist, as in the past, of a pass defense drill, and work on execution and reception of kickoffs. Unless an unforeseen heat wave develops that will be followed with a light signal drill...
...Dartmouth squad arrives in Cambridge late this afternoon, and will go through a brief warming-up drill upon their arrival. They will spend the night at the Belmont Country Club...