Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last year, lurid flames lit Rock Ridge, back of Greenwich, Conn.; 175 scant-clad girls responded perfectly to their fire drill, as the dormitories of Rosemary Hall, famed boarding school for young ladies, burned to the ground. Last week, it was announced that students of Rosemary Hall (i.e., their parents, old Rosemarians, friends and philanthropists) had bought nearly all of a $300,000 bond issue to enable Rosemary to rise phoenixlike from its ashes, more attractive, modern and efficient than ever, and this time fireproof...
...report at the Locker Building this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The first day's program will be devoted principally to the signing up of the men, the issue of equipment, and a talk to the squad on the fundamentals of the Harvard football system. A brief conditioning drill on the Freshman field will, however, be included...
...years ago at guard; K. N. Hill '21, regular end last season; E. D. Hamilton '23, former second team player; and R. H. Bond '19, old backfield player. Kunhardt is the only one of these men besides Campbell who was on the coaching staff last year, but Tierney helped drill the first-year eleven two seasons...
Perhaps a memory of the pond in the Stadium last fall, inspired the Blue coaches to hold a long practice on Wednesday, when the field was drenched by rain. Conditioning, signal drill, and fundamentals have been stressed so far. Dummy tackling, kicking, and a little practice in breaking through have completed the program. Regular scrimmage between tentative first and second teams is to begin next week...
...from the court of Frederick the Great, came to Valley Forge, did the Army have either discipline or self-respect. He was the old type of Prussian, not the new. Democratic and kindhearted, he had difficulty in impressing officers, who believed themselves above such duties, that they should both drill and care for their men. He issued regulations in which he said: "His [the officer's] first object should be to gain the love of his men by treating them with every possible kindness and humanity...