Word: neared
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unit was established under Sir Allan Perry of the English Army at Dannes-Camieres near Boulogne in June, 1915. It was one of a large number of hospitals which stretched south for twenty miles along the seashore road from Boulogne. Most of the British supplies were landed and stored in this district which, consequently, drew an almost continual flock of enemy bombing machines...
...future officers in the Ensign School awake early these dark mornings--so do all the other occupants of the dormitories in the Yard. The first expresses cause, the second result. From considerable experience the civilian students are coming to regard life near the good ship Matthews Hall as extremely rigorous, during the early morning hours especially. Shortly after the zero hour, so it seems to the startled sleepers, the night stillness is shattered by bravely blown reveille. The dreaming student is restored to full consciousness without lingering in any of the intermediate stages. The damage done, he turns over...
...think of the student's fate who should as successfully arouse the Yard some-time before dawn. If this nocturnal performance is necessary to the health and happiness of the ensigns, why cannot a more auspicious site be chosen for it? There are a dozen places in or near the Yard that could be selected with better consideration for the comfort of others. The war being over the students see no merit in the continued sacrifice of rest on their part, and since a change in the scene of activities cannot be deteriorative to the performance in any degree, they...
...athletic problem appears to lie in the direction of popularization of sports, and it must be those sports which are not as severe in demands upon physique, time, and coaching service as are the present major ones. On the whole, we believe that Major Moore has come very near to the correct solution of the problem...
...American and French Armies contain the names of three University men. Captain John Mitchell '18, of the 95th Aero Squadron is cited, posthumously, by the U. S. Department for "extraordinary heroism in action." He was killed during an aerial combat against superior numbers, after having downed an enemy biplane, near Beaumont...