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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After two years of rapid growth, the Business School Laboratory under the direction of Walter M. Stone '08 has reached a high point of development. This unique institution, whose counter-part exists nowhere in the country, is run in connection with a course in "Office Organization" as part of the School of Business Administration. It is located on the top floor of Lawrence Hall, with an additional room in Randall Hall. From a very small start, the laboratory now possesses over $25,000 worth of apparatus, which includes a single tabulating machine valued...
...Aeronautical Society has accepted the invitation of the Akron, Ohio, Flying Club to take part in the balloon-contest on May 10. It was thought that the University would not be represented in the meet because of difficulty in securing a balloon, but the Akron organization has offered to provide an airship for the race. In the contest, fliers from ten colleges of this country will be entered. G. Crompton '20 will pilot the University airship, and will be accompanied by several other members of the Aeronautical Society. The balloons will start from Akron, Ohio, and the crew which reaches...
...Coast Artillery Corps includes railway artillery, army artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, and part of the trench artillery, in addition to the strictly coast defense guns. The course provides for two hours of physical training per week, which may take the form of athletics. A minimum of three hours a week of theoretical instruction is required, including plane and solid geometry, place and spherical trigonometry, college algebra, use of slide rule, physics, (electricity, optics, statical and dynamic mechanics, physical laboratory work, theory of errors, and thermo-dynamics), American history, English, plane surveying, gunnery, and two hours per week of military instruction...
...organization of college coast artillery units is a fundamental part of the new scheme of the defense of the United States sea coast. The plan provides for radical changes in the coast defense policy of the government, so as to include as its basic element the utilization of railway and tractor ordnance of heavy calibre, linking the strategic points on he coast with existing railway systems. By means of the railroads and military roads capable of supporting heavy motor tractors, the whole system of defense will be changed from a static to a mobile one. For the officering of this...
...plans for college R. O. T. C. units next year, the government bulletin has said, "The war has demonstrated conclusively that our colleges and universities furnish the best material for officers from civil life. A sound body, the ability to think clearly, and ideals of service, are part of what a college aims to give its students, and are the most important basic qualifications for an officer. In addition, practically every branch of knowledge has its military applications. In most cases a slight addition of material to a course, showing the military application of the principles taught, will...