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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...increased their lead to three lengths, which they maintained to the finish. The Sophomores did not put their stroke up until the last four hundred yards, and then it was too late to cut down the open water between the boats. The time of the winning crew was five minutes and 56 seconds. Medals and possibly numerals in an oval will be awarded to the members of the Junior eight...
...nation enters on the sixth great war of its history. Five times before, as dependent colonies, as a small republic, as a great Power, it has raised the standard of battle. Each time it was goaded to humiliation before it was willing to enter on the final and most awful test of national greatness. We have never rushed blindly nor conquest-mad to war. We do not rush blindly now. We have endured beyond the point of all endurance, because the sense of justice and forebearance is so keen in us as a people that we hesitate lest one right...
...various crew squads were still further depleted yesterday by men reporting to the Naval Reserve and Patrol Squadron units, and it was apparent that under the circumstances it will be impossible to continue the class crews longer. Of the five Junior and Sophomore eights which went out Friday, only two reported yesterday, and it was decided to finish the class rowing season by a one-mile race between these shells today. F. G. Balch '18 and G. L. Batchelder '19 were elected captains of the Junior and Sophomore eights respectively. The boats will race as follows...
Class 6 is the Volunteer Naval Reserve. Men in this class are volunteers for any of the other five classes, and they agree to serve without the retainer pay and without uniform allowance...
...will give a pay equivalent to that of an enlisted soldier. After the six-months' course, the men are to be commissioned as lieutenants in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps. In time of peace these officers are liable to two weeks' training each year for five years. In case of war the men would be subject to orders from the War Department. The age limit for entering this corps has recently been raised to 21 years...