Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...international smoker, combined with an entertainment in which members of various nationalities will take part, is to be given by the Cosmopolitan Club in its rooms in Holyoke House this evening at 8.30 o'clock for members and invited guests. The features will be a sword drill by the German members, shuttlecock by the Chinese, and an exhibition of jiu-jitsu by the Japanese. The American part will consist in sleight-of-hand tricks. Singing of national anthems by the national groups of members will end the entertainment...
...Stillman Infirmary. The University eight rowed in the same order as Tuesday, with the exception of No. 2, which was filled by Coach Wray in the absence of Lunt. Coach Stephenson followed the other crews in a single, and as the river was calm, he was able to drill the men in blade work...
Three Freshman crews were launched, one more than on Tuesday, and they wee given a long drill under the direction of Coach Filley...
...want bright, clean-cut young men of good size and build and citizens of the United States, and can offer them much instruction in Navy matters and a cruise for one week in the summer on board one of the United States war vessels. We require attendance at drills one night a week during ten months in the year where instruction is given during the winter in infantry and artillery, knotting, splicing, etc., while during the summer, rifle and revolver practice, seamanship, gunnery and boat drill under sail and oar, are taken...
...fall practice began two weeks before the opening of College, and for the last three weeks has been carried on behind closed gates. The daily work has consisted of preliminary drill in tackling, kicking and catching punts for the backs and breaking through for the line men, followed by signal practice and scrimmages between the first and second eleven or substitutes. During the secret practice the preliminary work has been discontinued and the scrimmages have been less frequent...