Word: getting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Glee, Mandolin, and Banjo Clubs, after their hibernation through the first year of 1918, will be an extra prize of some value for the most proficient. The heart of the new system, however, is the interdormitory competition. With no limit on the size of these clubs, any Freshman may get some elementary knowledge of music. The half hour of practice on Wednesday evenings can be made into a general gathering of the three dormitory groups and can become a tradition of the new halls. Freshman singing is excellent for developing the musical powers of the singers,--and it tends...
...scholastic methods of the academy last year recommended abolishment of the "dope" system, as it was called, and an order forbidding the use of any kind of special help followed. This help, it is claimed by many of the midshipmen, is needed by the average youth in order to get by the examinations. Others claim that the midshipmen felt, on account of the special need for officers in the navy, that they would be treated with more than the customary leniency. Moreover, the instructors have been forbidden to indicate in any way the nature of the examination...
...question at once arose, where could China get enough teachers to occupy the chairs in the various departments? To use foreigners was only a temporary expedient. If the new educational system should be carried throughout China, the teachers must be Chinese. Hence, sending competent students to study in Japan, America, and Europe was started almost simultaneously with educational reforms...
...rounding into winning form. The game tomorrow afternoon will show how serious the set-back caused by inactivity has been. There is a possibility that Trainer, one of the team's most consistent players, who has been temporarily laid up with the grippe, will be sufficiently recovered to get into tomorrow's contest...
...scrimmage, B. A. A. started off with a rush, Sands scoring two goals before the University team got really started. The play then centered around the B. A. A. goal for some time, but the University forwards were unable to get any shots from very close, while Donahue successfully warded off several attempts from farther...