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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This morning comes the news that Yale University has met the requirements of the War Department in regard to the Training Units and that the official order establishing units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at that institution will go into effect this mouth. The Yale Battalion, like the Harvard Regiment, is to be disbanded, but the work already done by its members will count toward a commission in the Reserve Corps. In addition the new course, which is to be under the direction of Colonel Danforth, U. S. A., former commander of the Yale Battalion, will count toward...
...Over the field we soared, and due east for B-Twelve, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-four hundred metres--mounting well at 1,180 turns. The earth seemed hidden under a fine web like the Lady of Shallot wove; soft purple in the west changing to shimmering white in the east. Under me on the left the Vosges, like rounded sand dunes cushioned up with velvety light and dark mosses (really forests). But to the south, standing firmly above the purple cloth like icebergs shone the Alps. My! they looked steep and jagged. The sharp blue shadows on their western...
...best-known writers in English literature, like O. Henry, have been forced by circumstances to discover and improve their talents. Daniel Defoe developed his literary style and gathered the material for "Jonathan Wild," "Captain Avery" and other stories of criminal life while confined in a London prison. John Bunyan, the wandering preacher, became John Bunyan, the author of "Pilgrim's Progress" during his imprisonment in Bedford jail. It is possible that neither of these men would have achieved the fame he now enjoys had it not been for the time to think that was imposed upon...
President Seymour outlined the competitions and spoke of the prospects of this year. He said that there was a possibility for a trip like that supervised by the club two years ago, when performances were given in New York...
...Like many another voter of progressive leanings, I have, until recently, been much perplexed. On the other hand, there were plenty of reasons why I should vote for Wilson; on the other hand, there seemed to be no reason whatever why I should vote for Hughes. Only recently have I come to a clear conviction as to where I stand, and I should like to take this opportunity to state briefly my position...