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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...subject, National Defense. A competitor may interpret this subject as he pleases, for it is not intended to mean only defense of the United States. He is expected to choose his own title under the general topic. Each poem should not exceed 50 lines, should bear an assumed name, and should be accompanied by a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer and superscribed with the assumed name...
...coach has as yet been engaged for the University baseball team, fall practice was carried on under the direction of Captain H. L. Nash '16. The team worked out daily for about three weeks and played six games with local semi-professional teams under the name of the "Rovers." These games resulted in three victories, two defeats, and one tie for the University nine. No attempt was made to pick a first team as it was desired to try out as many men as possible and get a line on the new material which will be available next spring...
...stories are neither very interesting nor very well very written. The editors as well as the authors are to blame for such mistakes as "Charles Dicken's reputation," "a vastly higher strata," the wrong use of "formula" on page 26, and the sudden change of a character's name from Josh to Amos on page 29. Even if the material handed in afforded no fiction with the snap we are accustomed to expect in Advocate stories, care should be taken to avoid such examples of slovenliness...
...second place, the drainage and purification system is present in name more than in fact. The troughs at the side that are made to drain off the sur- face water as it splashes up into them are broken in one place, so that the water that flows into them at that end of the tank flows back into the pool again, bringing with it the phlegm that has been spit into the trough by the swimmers. On one occasion I noticed that all the troughs were filled to overflowing, and asked the attendant how it happened that the drains were...
...best essay or article demonstrating the necessity and wisdom of reasonable preparedness against war by the United States. This competition is open to anyone. The manuscript, not to exceed 5000 words must be signed by a nom de plume and accompanied by a letter containing the author's real name. The competition closes on November 1, the decision, resting with five persons of national prominence, to be announced on Thanksgiving Day. The article will be judged by its value in awakening popular appreciation of our national peril and necessities as well as its literary merit...