Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this point it is easy to lapse into unjustified complacency. The Harvard College man should take note that this national influence is the work mainly of the Graduate Schools; and that it is they and not the College which is national in the domiciles of its members. Only some 400 out of more than 2500 undergraduates come from places west or south of Pennsylvania, while only about 150 live west of the Mississippi. More than half the undergraduate enrollment is from Massachusetts alone...
...means the training of a large body of men who have neither desire nor prospect of taking part in actual warfare, but who are known throughout the world as potential forces on land and sea. It means especially potential officers. This may be the particular point at which the college man comes in. But let me point out another side of the case, less often dwelt on. It is true that the country needs the military power of its college men, and has a peculiar claim upon them. It is also true that the college man needs the military training...
...general scheme has been mapped out. The course, which is to begin immediately after the Christmas recess, will comprise two hours a week of drill in the fundamentals of tactical formations, and a supplementary lecture of one hour, intended to take up military science from a more theoretical point of view. The drill is planned to be held under the direction of a United States army officer, assisted by those men who have already had some military training in one of the troops, batteries, or summer camps. The lectures will be given by some expert in military science...
...standing of the teams in the league to date is as follows. For every game won two points are awarded and in case of a tie each team receives one point. Won. Tied Lost. Total. Columbia, 3 0 1 6 Pennsylvania, 3 0 1 6 Princeton, 2 1 1 5 Yale, 2 1 1 5 Cornell, 1 1 3 3 Haverford, 0 1 1 1 Harvard...
...promising material developed last year on the 1918 team should give the Green as combination which will rank high among the Eastern colleges this winter. Indoor practice has begun in the gymnasium with a large squad of candidates. The regulars from last year are Captain Murchie, coverpoint; Currier, point; Holmes, left wing; and Tyler, right wing. Undoubtedly the hardest position to be filled is that of goal-tender, as Holden, who was counted on to take Donahue's place, is at present ineligible...