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This year there will be no off-hand matches as the National Rifle Association, in which the University has competed in the past, has made certain specifications which would have been difficult to comply with. The schedule of matches all prone, follows...
Ever since the psychological tests were applied to army recruits, there has been a curious delight in experimenting with new forms of examinations. It gives one a sense of satisfaction, no doubt, to say off-hand "in what country orang-outangs live" and "where we get most of our sapphires", but it is impossible to believe that this is a test of ability to succeed in the Edison factory. What we want to know are those things that will help us live the better in whatever surroundings we find ourselves. We may have a sound critical judgment and ability...
...rifle team was held last Friday night and Saturday morning when the University marksmen lost to the Iowa State University with a score of 403 to 363. This was an offhand or standing match held under the rules of the National Rifle Association which require that the men shoot off-hand one week and prone the next...
There are too many good things in this special number to be adequately diagnosed. Off-hand, we'd say "The Game as Seen by the CRIMSON" and "General Information for Yale Visitors" were the funniest things in the book, but the laugh limit is by no means two. The prologue, too, stands out--not by reason of its prime position, but because it carries (as they say) a punch in every line. You can like the prologue whether or not you care for poetry. In fact the less you care for poetry the more you'll like the prologue...
Contrary to off-hand opinion, the German movement in the West has taken on the aspect of a supreme effort toward victory. Prepared on lines hither-to unparalleled, and executed with an energy, power and sacrifice of human lives scarcely credible, the German offensive not only seriously threatens the British army, but offers the possibility of the defeat of our cause...