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Academic work is going on at M. I. T. with an extremely small falling off in attendance. For the second half-year, 1,650 students have registered, as against 1,700 for the first semester. The fact that M. I. T. has been able to hold this number,--90 percent of its normal registration,--in spite of the war, is due to the fact that stress has been laid upon the need for trained engineers, both during and after the war. In recognition of this need the Government has granted temporary exemption from the draft to students pursuing certain courses...
...unusually extensive schedule of trips has been arranged for the Musical Clubs for the half-year. According to present announcements, concerts are to be held at Winchester, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Lowell, Norwood, Ayer, Bumkin Island and Hyde Park...
Reginald Aldworth Daly, A.M. '93, Ph.D. '96, Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology at the University, has been granted leave of absence by the University for the remaining half-year, and will soon leave for Y. M. C. A. work in France. He expects to return to the University in September...
Cadets are directed to return the postcards which have been sent them with tabular views of their schedule for the second half-year. P. W. LONG, Captain and Adjutant...
During the next half-year the Lampoon will hold two competitions for positions on the literary and business staffs of the magazine. Aspirants for the business department will be called out on Thursday, February 14, at 7 o'clock, and candidates for positions on the drawing and writing staff will start the following evening. Full details of the competition will be announced to prospective editors at the meetings on Thursday and Friday evenings in the Lampoon Building. Sophomores and Freshmen are eligible to compete in these competitions...