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Word: perring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the military courses for the present year were announced last fall, there was much comment when it was discovered that Military Science 1 was to count only as a half course, whereas Military Science 2 was to be equivalent to a whole course. The minimum of five hours per week was proclaimed for both courses and this minimum has in each case been exceeded during the year. The two courses have always been considered of equal importance; the only difference has been that one is elementary and the other somewhat more advanced. Why, therefore, should not the members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MILITARY SCIENCE 1 | 5/18/1918 | See Source »

...exodus to the June Camp proves clearly enough that the average student wants to take every possible opportunity to learn more about military drill. The question merely is: for how much drill per summer is he willing to volunteer? Is the June Camp sufficient or ought we attend both June and July Camps? The answer depends on the individual, but a general rule we urge every man to attend the July Camp if he possibly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A 1918 BARRE | 5/15/1918 | See Source »

...wealth of the United States is greater than the combined wealth of Great Britain, France and Germany. The national debt of Great Britain is 192 per cent of the estimated yearly income of the British people; the debt of Germany is 246 per cent of the German people's income; the debt of France is 333 per cent of the yearly income of the people of France. Our debt is 17 1-2 per cent of our national income. In other words, if France should devote the entire yearly income of its people to paying off its national debt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 5/4/1918 | See Source »

...banker once said, "If I could place to the credit of each man and woman in the community a savings deposit of one dollar I could make thrifty thousands where there have been only thousands of spenders, and I could build the greatest bank per population in the land...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 4/27/1918 | See Source »

...been ruled by the War Department that not more than 50 per cent. of the total number of candidates designated to attend each training school will be alowed to qualify to be listed as eligible for a commission. Men who go to the camps from the corps as members of Group A and are enlisted for the duration of the camp only, will, if found qualified, be commissioned at the end of the camp and called into active service when needed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 4TH CAMP CANDIDATES MUST APPLY BY MAY 1 | 4/25/1918 | See Source »

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