Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...witted servant. And, as usual, she plays the part of Lottie, the under cook, who can concentrate only on Scotch and romance, with the same success, the same ability to score a smile or a laugh at every line, all of which seem to have been written especially to fit...
...Hampden, characterizing John Rawson, a wealthy Western mine owner, gains in effectiveness as the action progresses, and despite the quite improbable plot in which the author has placed him, makes very creditable account of himself. But light roles do not seem to fit him as well as those more serious ones which he has heretofore taken...
...number of students still fail to understand two points concerning the course. For all men except Freshmen, no previous military training at summer camps or in militia organizations is necessary. Anyone from the classes who is physically fit is entitled to take the military course. The second misunderstanding is whether the taking of this course entails future service in the regular army. After completing this course a man is under no military obligation and cannot be compelled to enter the reserve army unless he so desires...
...summer following. The usual requirement of the War Department is attendance at three summer camps and the satisfactorily passing of the examination for a second lientenancy. A further advantage of "Military Science and Tactics" is that it may be counted for a degree by any undergraduate who is physically fit, save in the case of Freshmen, who must first obtain the consent of Captain Cordier and the approval of the Faculty...
...towards his degree, a student, after a two-years course in military science will be recommended to be placed on the list of reserve officers. The great value of such a plan is evident, for by taking those courses which are included in the regular curriculum a man may fit himself to take a commission in the reserve army in time of war. Previous to this new plan of creating college units of the reserve officers' training corps, anyone wishing a commission would have been compelled to have taken an additional course in some military school...