Word: final
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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With a strong definite program outlined, there are three immediate aims for undergraduates. Since the special final examinations will be held soon after the April recess all those in the R. O. T. C. should avail themselves of the short interval between now and then to prepare to finish their year's work in a creditable manner. Concentration on scholastic work at this time is necessarily difficult, but upon the future return to College studies a good record now will fully justify a few short weeks of hard study. Secondly, men should realize the seriousness of their service...
...face of the present national crisis intercollegiate athletics have been abandoned by many colleges in all parts of the country. Definite and final announcements have been made that the contests and races of seasons past will be given up so that those who compete in these events may devote themselves to military training...
Columbia was one of the first universities to make the final decision. Among the important events cancelled by this action was the annual Poughkeepsie regatta which was called off after a telegraphic vote by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Invitations had been issued to Princeton, Syracuse, California and Wisconsin to compete with the charter members of the association. Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania; but the members of the Columbia crew were all enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at that university...
...Special final examinations for the members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps will be held from April 28 to May 5, and the men will receive such credit for their year's work as their instructors may give. Each examination will cover a period of two hours. The privilege of taking final examinations at this time is also extended to those students who are leaving the University after May 5 to serve with any of the ambulance units in France. The exact wording of the resolution as passed by the Faculty is as follows...
...That for such students and for stu- dents who leave the University after May 5 to join either of the American ambulance corps in France, special final examinations of two hours each be held from April...