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Yale undergraduates are largely responsible for the formation of the First Aerial Coast Patrol of America which was organized in an effort to demonstrate the practicability of the coast defense plan of Admiral Robert E. Peary and John Hays Hammond, Jr. The patrol was organized early in July with 12 active members, ten of whom were from Yale. The members of the patrol learned how to operate machines in a very short time and pleased the naval authorities by their services in connection with the manoevures of the Atlantic feet off Sandy Hook. They clearly demonstrated that submarines beneath eighteen...
...coast defense plan which the patrol hopes to have established as a part of our preparedness program provides for dividing the Atlantic coast line into sections of convenient length, probably a hundred miles each, each section having a central station equipped with aeroplane hangars, repair stations, wireless stations, and observatories. These stations are to be used as bases for seaplanes which will patrol regular beats fifty miles out from shore. In this way the outer line of our coast defense will be extended fifty miles out into the Atlantic...
...Notes on Religion" that contemporary medicine is on the verge of seeing that health is relaxation and all danger whether to mind or body is due to nervous tension. The Advocate's leading editorial on "Advice to Freshmen" is in accordance with this theory in warning them not to plan their day with detailed modern efficiency. It is well written but it has its value only as a counsel of perfection for those who have a strong purpose which enables them to over-ride all such trivialities as planning and forethought. It is also good for those who think that...
...competition for the business staff of the Lampoon will begin tonight 7 o'clock, when the candidates report the Lampoon Building. The competition which is open only to members of the Freshman Class, will be run on a different plan this year. It will last on through the mid-year examinations priced instead of the whole year, as was it case last season. A second competition will be held the second half-year...
...belong to the general Association, but are represented by their choice of graduates in the Board of Control; the faculty is represented by its own choice of faculty members; the corporation chooses eight members. In addition, the corporation accepts the ultimate responsibility for the proper working of the new plan, by reserving the right to veto any nomination to the Board of Control. Thus each interest in the University is represented, and final authority is in the hands of the corporation. The Board of Control is to have an executive committee of five members, one of whom must...