Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...headed them into the controller's office, then into the office of the promotion manager. There he ordered a right face, and they went on into the office of John B. and Tracy Drake. Immensely pleased with himself as a drill master, he marched them back through all the offices to the room from which they had started. "To the rear, MARCH...
Candidate for the University team will be called out in the near future and will have a short period of intensive drill before the summer vacation. During the summer the men will be expected to do a good deal of reading on the subject for debate and in the fall they will meet as soon as possible after the start of school and put on the final...
...first land-grant college to take advantage of this opportunity by making military drill elective was the University of Wisconsin. The authorities of other colleges have as yet done nothing to alleviate their students of this unnecessary burden. In not a few places, however, the undergraduates have taken matters into their own hands and started a vigorous campaign against the injustice. In the University of Minnesota the students have formed an Anti-Compulsory Military Drill League which is engaged in spreading its sensible propaganda broadcast through the still-shackled colleges of the country. Undergraduate opinion, seldom so unanimous, is gathering...
...track in the balcony which will be on a level with the ground. Entrances will lead directly on to the balcony, and thence by spiral staircases in the corners to the main floor of the gymnasium. The room will be large enough for basketball and also for setting up drill for a class...
With every man hidden under a hood the coaches put their men through individual drill. Coach Tierney was present in his new official capacity for the first time today. He instructed the line candidates in the rudiments of play for their various positions. Then two teams were formed and put through a short drill. No kicking or passing was attempted, because of the inclement weather...