Word: grade
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...grade is never a thing to be proud of but it is sometimes a cause for sympathy. We are wont to condole with the man who fails in a course provided he has done honest work. There are, however, some courses in which failure comes from loafing and no other cause. Military Science, both 1 and 2, come under this heading. The sole requisite for a passing grade in these courses is to attend drills and lectures conscientiously and without any other work a C is assured...
...little difference. In learning any one, the student gains knowledge which is essential for winning a commission. The fact that this is a College course may cause men to just pass, and for that reason lose much of its value. continuous work will mean far more than a high grade; it will mean a better chance to secure a lieutenancy. The aim of this training is not scholarship, but preparation to became an officer...
...probation at the College Office shall hold in the Regiment any grade higher than that of private. WM. F. FLYNN, Major, U. S. A., Retd., Commanding...
...High Command of Harvard has started its fall drive. The marks of the hour examinations in the military art are little by little becoming known and the grade of "deficient" is now the watchword in the basement of University...
...recently--is a symbol of the discipline without which an army is an ungovernable mob which a handful of real soldiers can put to rout. The young ignoramus who writes from Camp asks, "Why should an American citizen humble himself to every stripe or collar mark that indicates a grade higher in the service than himself?" The answer is that he does not humble himself. The salute is a mark of respect not given to the individual but to the rank, therefore to the system of which the democratic soldier is supposed to be an intelligent part, therefore the salute...