Word: handicaped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Very few people know about the character or the service performed by the Signal Corps. A country might have a very efficient and large army, but if the signal corps was neglected, the other branches would operate under an almost impossible handicap. Brigadier-General George P. Scriven has aptly termed the signal corps 'the nerve system of the army...
...Sargent's article itself is a particularly timely reminder that not the whole of preparedness lies in teaching men to present arms and form fours, or even to dig trenches and shoot accurately. As Dr. Sargent points out, if men are to serve and not handicap the army, they must be physically fit to stand up under the strain of first-line service; and participation in athletics is the best way to keep fit. The case of those physically unfit to serve--75 percent. of the student body, says Dr. Sargent--is even more serious. However...
...interest of Harvard track athletics, and its members have been chosen with the object in view of furthering the welfare of the sport. The faults which the CRIMSON article wished to have investigated have been considered and are being worked out to the best ability of its members. The handicap of drawing few preparatory school stars together with a lack of undergraduate interest is difficult to overcome. Constructive suggestions would be welcomed by this committee as it feels responsible for this year's policy. W. M. RAND '09. Chairman, Graduate Committee on Track Athletics...
...mile run, handicap.--Won by E. Jarvey, unattached (45 yards); second, N. Giannakopulos, Melrose A. A. (60 yards); third, J. D. Hutchinson '19 (20 yards). Time...
Pole vault, handicap.--Won by H. McGrath, Mercury A. C. (2 ft. 1 in.), 13 ft. 1 in.; second, S. J. Needs, unattached (2 ft. 6 in.), 13 ft. 1 in.; third, R. Ecclem, Amster Club, (3 ft.), 12 ft, 9 in.; fourth, C. S. Babbitt...