Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...student seeking amusement after his sumptuous dinner at Memorial Hall, the Rifle Corps, which appears on Holmes Field, in its new uniform, every Monday evening, offers a spectacle at once pleasing and edifying. Some persons, who used to drill in the Boston School Regiment when they were little boys, are inclined to make invidious comparisons, but of course such comparisons are entirely out of place. It has not been decided yet when the Corps will "go into camp," but it is generally understood that Chelsea is the spot selected...
...members of the University who wish to avail themselves of the opportunity that the Rifle Corps offers of learning military drill, are invited to present themselves at the Gymnasium on any Monday at 6.30 or 7.30 P. M. Co. A is open to all upper classmen and members of other departments than the College proper. Co. B is open to Freshmen of the College. The corps has at present about seventy-five active members, but an increase is desired...
There are two distinct associations, the Rifle Corps and the Rifle Club. One of these has on its shingle H. R. C., and the aim of this association is, I believe, military drill and discipline such as will fit its members, at some future date, to occupy enviable positions in the Cadet Corps and other "crack" militia organizations of similar character. The other has on its shingle H. U. R. C., - in full, Harvard University Rifle Club, - and although such discipline is observed in it as to insure the safety of its members and the public at large, still...
...Lieutenant, I. B. Field, '80; 2d Lieutenant, J. S. Mitchell, '80; 1st Sergeant, H. W. Savage, '80; 2d Sergeant, W. A. Pugh, '80. Recruits will be received for this company from the upper classes, or any department of the University, on Mondays, at 6.30 P. M., the regular drill nights. The Freshman companies drill four nights weekly, two nights under General Lister, and two under instructors who are candidates for positions in the corps. The election for officers will be held on the last Tuesday in November. The requisite number of names having been appended to the Constitution, application will...
...great number of principles contained in the lectures, that no time is left to learn their application. As a result, the difficulty of the study is greatly increased, and it becomes impossible to retain what it has cost so much labor to master. This lack of practical drill is the great fault of the whole system. Students hardly ever acquire any facility in the use of Mathematics. Men cannot be expected to elect a subject which is sure to bring them so much hard, dry work and such unsatisfactory results...