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...Dravosburg, Pa., Fire Chief Charles Thomas got drunk, turned in a false alarm, said to the judge, "Well, it was a swell night for a fire drill," was fined...
Back from Italy, back from France came James Ramsay MacDonald last week to report to his King & country on the results of his peace pilgrimage. But Britons paid more attention to what was going on in the echoing, draughty drill hall of the Duke of York's Military School in Chelsea...
...British Government were copying the famed Soviet propaganda trials of Moscow. Having attracted the maximum attention to the young Highlander by locking him up in a museum, the Government held the great treason trial not in a room in the War Office but out in the middle of a drill hall. Except when special witnesses were being examined, the Press was admitted; there were plenty of seats for the public. President of the court was Major General Winston Dugan, a former aide-de-camp of King George. On either side of him sat three other grave, ruddy-faced officers. Campaign...
...session is to give the candidates for next year's squad a better grounding in the fundamentals of the game, in order to save valuable time next fall. Casey is planning frequent scrimmages between the various teams which will be formed from the squad, as well as drill in fundamentals such as blocking and tackling. It was learned yesterday that Wesley Fesler, whose appointment as assistant backfield coach was announced Monday, will not be able to take up his duties until the fall...
...think we might well place at least a third to a half of the responsibility there, in the case of honors men, and not much less than a third in the case of any student who, for any reason, is thought worthy of tutorial instruction. Instruction which involves drill, as in elementary work generally, can be done best in courses. I favor the abolition of the distribution requirement; in any case a reduction of it; and the reduction of the number of courses required for the degree to ten, including English A. The student night then be expected...