Word: formality
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clock President Wilson delivered a momentous address before Congress, advocating that a state of war with Germany be declared. Congress will necessarily support the President and pass Congressman Flood's resolution, and by this action it will be fulfilling the ardent desire of every patriotic citizen. After the formal declaration will come the call for five hundred thousand volunteers, additional recruits for the navy, and then the marshalling of the nation's resources for the successful combat against the Hohenzollern government of Germany...
Already the Athletic Committee has announced that all schedules will be cancelled and formal athletics will be discontinued upon the advent of war. This action enables all University athletes to make definite arrangements for joining military units at a later date. Already the Faculty has passed rules governing undergraduates leaving College to join state or national organizations. Already special plans have been arranged to facilitate the members of the R. O. T. C. continuing their course, provided increased hours of instruction are added. All these preparations have been wisely made in advance. However, war has not yet been declared...
This means, it was officially stated, that men called off for service shall be entitled to take at once--without waiting until the close of the year--a special examination, or such other test, formal or informal, as may be satisfactory to the instructor, and that the mark then reported by the instructor shall confer the same credit as if the course had been completed in June. All students expecting to leave College shortly for any such purpose are advised to notify the Recorder immediately...
...formal report by the Committee has been made to the University authorities, but the Committee has been actively at work...
...event of a declaration of war in the near future, those men who in any way enter the Government service be permitted to take examinations on their college work in advance of the regular period, their work for the year being then terminated and put to their credit. No formal decision has been reached as yet. For those students who do not enter the service of the Government, the instruction will be continued as usual...