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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Having determined the framework needed for proper organization of an army, the first step should be to obtain the officers necessary to carry out the training. It is not the intention of the War Department to make use of educational institutions in developing military geniuses, but rather to obtain men who, as officers, will be of an average efficiency, and thus preserve the general level of instruction and efficiency throughout the service, both active and reserve...
...possible for members of Yale University to engage in banking work in connection with their college work is an event of considerable importance to the collegiate world. It indicates that large business houses are finding it both practicable and profitable to co-operate with the colleges in order to obtain the best men available for their positions, and for the undergraduate it is another step toward simplifying the "after graduation" problem. It also will enable a man to discover his aptitude or inaptitude for this or that position by giving him practical experience before he actually makes his decision...
Undergraduate application blanks for Class Day tickets have been placed for distribution at Leavitt & Peirce's, the Co-operative Branch, the Union, Thayer 49, and Thayer 7. Undergraduates may obtain not more than five of any kind at the following prices: Yard tickets, 35 cents; Stadium tickets, $1.50; Memorial Hall tickets, $1 each. Blanks for graduate students have been distributed at the same places. All applications will close on Saturday, June...
...addition to $2,000 in prizes, the society's poster committee will act as an agency in disposing of many of the best originals to electrical companies, for use in their own special campaigns. The purpose of the competition is to obtain an appropriate emblem for the celebration of America's Electrical Week December, 2-9, 1916. During this celebration electrical parades, pageantry, shows and special illuminations will be held in the leading cities of the western hemisphere...
...intellectual stock. In the majority of cases the results fail to fulfill their earlier resolutions and expectations. Some have accumulated a store of facts which will be promptly forgotten after the examinations, while a few have been able to understand the relative purpose of a particular course and to obtain a little permanent enlightenment...