Word: fields
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that Jack Binks realizes that by bringing in the winning run in a Leiter Cup game on Soldiers Field he will be doing something worth while and something that people will hear about on that day he will emerge from the lounge lizard class and court those gods whose presence is felt in the sunlight, the clean wind, and the smell of turf. Either this, or he must come forth on a halter of compulsion. Compulsory exercise may not be so beneficial as that in which students indulge because of their love of sport for itself or for the opportunities...
...choice between infantry and artillery as the subject of concentration is a little more difficult of solution. In changing to the latter, the University would be taking over an entirely new field and departing from its old policy...
...artillery is the logical branch of the service for college men. In both the heavy and field there is more opportunity for the college man to use his training to advantage...
Also artillery would be easier to teach at the University. There would be more work in the classroom and less on the drill field. In all probability, guns could be obtained from the War Department and practical instruction could be carried on with these...
...part of military training. Better than anything else it imbues the spirit of discipline. It offers a groundwork on which to build. Therefore we suggest that the first year's training be devoted chiefly to infantry close order and the following years to an intensive study of heavy and field artillery...