Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Princeton is strongly in favor of military training for college men, but opposed to drill as part of the university curriculum, according to a statement by Professor R. M. M. McElroy of Princeton. The intellectual side of military training, lectures, and other instruction, he believes to be a proper part of college work, but the drill should be reserved for summer military camps. Princeton tried to establish a training corps at the time of the Spanish War, and it was found to be a failure...
...encouraging feature of this tentative plan is the fact that is the fact that it represents the first attempt to standardize and unify the sporadic organizations existing in many colleges for the training of reserve officers. During the past few years the forming of school battalions, business men's drill companies, and college regiments have justly received the greatest praise and encouragement. Such movments have been most important in the campaign to impress upon the public the imperative need of an adequate defence program. The three great preparedness parades in New York, Chicago, and Boston have given evidence that public...
...Harvard Regiment answered many a challenge. Have college students, more and more favored by circumstance, become so lost in seeking personal comfort and private success that they have no time for unselfish service? The regiment's regular ranks and its well-ordered marching told of many hours devoted to drill in the midst of busy weeks in winter and spring. From the day of their enlistment to their final review this morning the men have worked conscientiously to serve not themselves but their country. Has Harvard's tradition of restraint, which makes other colleges wonder sometimes at what they call...
...many sacrifices or taken such a keen interest in the success of the Regiment than its commander, Captain Cordier. In fact, the very first hopes for a military organization at Harvard would have perished had it not been for Captain Cordier's voluntary offer to take charge of the drill. To his unceasing efforts is due the remarkable success of the Harvard Regiment...
...Regiment will hold a review and exhibition drill in the Stadium on Tuesday, Memorial Day, at 10 o'clock. The ceremonies will include a presentation of colors by Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Jr., the colors given by ladies of Boston, money for which was raised under the lead of Mrs. Q. A. Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. C. F. Lyman; an exhibition drill by the Regiment in close and extended order; a motor-cycle squad drill; an exhibition by the medical corps of the Regiment, and a drill by the best company and battalion of the Regiment. Those who will review...