Word: meeting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meet the national needs the University has been asked to offer several complete courses in engineering for members of the S. A. T. C., and a special course in mechanical engineering for members of the Naval Unit. All these courses will begin October 1, and will last for two years. They will be divided into eight terms of three months each. During the first two terms the military instruction will be 11 hours a week, and thereafter it will be reduced to six. Problems and Issues of the War will be included as a part of these courses...
Each day I meet some of my old pals, and our meeting always ends up with the same question: "When will it end?" We do not dare guess, but I think that we have them on the run now, and perhaps it will end before we realize it can now. My best wishes to you, and I would give a lot to be able to go up to Hollis 15 tonight...
...seven hours--5 1-2 of which seven I spent in a gas mask. Then, at daybreak, and before his barrage had lifted, word came that the Boche had crossed the river and was upon us, so out I went into my platoon and took up a position to meet him--and just in time, too, for he was not 500 yards away. Then followed a week--or 6 days to be exact--of holding the Boche on the other side of our line, and of driving out small parties which broke through, of sitting tight under his artillery fire...
This morning the Freshman class (except dropped men) will assemble at 9 in the New Lecture Hall to meet the Secretary of the Committee on the Choice of Electives and must then meet their Adviser...
...train as it wills and upon whom it can call at any time for needed officer material. The advantages of a standardized system of training in addition to a centralized system of control mean a great increase in our military efficiency. Fundamentally sound in theory, designed to meet the needs of the colleges as well as, of the nation, the S. A. T. C. should prove one of the most successful ventures...