Word: larger
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...solution of the intercollegiate rowing problem is slowly but surely reaching an end as one college after another announces its policy for the spring work", states Lawrence Perry, in the New York Evening Post. "Although there have been many ways of expressing it, the underlying idea in all the larger universities is the same, to shape their plans in rowing with reference to present condition and not, as it were, to buck the inevitable...
...trend of college athletics this spring is visibly toward that form of sport which effects the general development of all students rather than the intensified training of a few. Though formal intercollegiate contests were abandoned early in the fall by many of the larger colleges, the recent tendency is to conduct games as usual, though with an object, not of victory, but of physical development...
...understood that they look favorably upon it. If it is approved by them, it will go to the House of Representatives and then to the President for ratification. If it is passed it will open a wide field for the development of effective training in the larger colleges of the country, and offer great possibilities for men to remain in college and receive at the same time the benefit of instruction in a perfected...
...American forces occupy more trenches, and as their losses constantly increase, the demand for surgeons will grow. At present a large force is needed to prevent sickness, but an even larger one will be necessary in a few months to repair the injuries caused by the Boches. These men must come from special institutions with special training, for doctors do not rise from the ranks. Just as some students are given particular instruction that they may become line officers, so others must learn the medical profession. The duty of anyone who has intended to study medicine is to follow...
Applications are now being received for the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. It is this arm of the service that is enrolling a larger share of the number of prospective airmen. Anyone desiring to apply is to write to the Superviser, Naval Reserve Flying Corps, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., requesting that an application be sent him. At the time of applying for one of these blanks it is advisable to give a brief statement of the candidate's qualification, the course pursued at the University, previous experience...