Word: pointings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other hand, scattered colleges throughout the country have made known their intentions of continuing their programs. West Point and Annapolis will carry out their schedules in spite of the early graduation of the senior class, made necessary by the declaration of war. The men in the lower classes of these institutions are not allowed to leave them to take part in military service, and consequently athletic competition will be encouraged. The authorities at Pennsylvania have decided that participation in intercollegiate sports will not be abandoned there...
...think we were justified from a domestic point of view," said Mr. Eder in closing, "but I also think that we should recognize this as a violation of treaty rights, and we should be willing to make reparation. It is necessary to preserve the good relations with South America. If not, they will think our treaties scraps of paper. The treaty with Colombia should be ratified by the Senate. It is not a party measure but concerns our whole South American policy...
...vessel which has been renamed the "Harvard" is 240 feet long and has a speed of about 20 knots. She will carry two two-pound guns, two one-pound guns, and a three-inch gun, and will patrol the coast, 150 miles out, from Barnegat, N. J., to Montauk Point, Long Island, N. Y. The undergraduate portion of the "Harvard's" complement will be composed of the following men: J. A. Burden '20, Russell Cobb '19, Haley Fiske '19, O. F. Flynn '19, L. K. Garrison '19, J. L. Leighton '19, E. S. Sherman '19, P. E. Stevenson...
...answer to a question as to the relative value of men trained for officers under the system of the R. O. T. C. and under the system at West Point, Captain Shannon answered that there was no reason why the method here should not develop some officers fully as capable as the best graduated from West Point. "What an officer needs," he said, "is not necessarily so much book learning, but a training that makes immediate and unquestioning obedience second nature to him. A man so trained will usually make a good leader and officer. At West Point the idea...
Since graduation from West Point in 1903, Captain Shannon has seen about as much active service as any officer in the Army. He has served in the Philippines, and was in Mexico with the first troops and out with the last. As captain in the 11th Cavalry he formed part of Pershing's expeditionary force which went into Mexico after Villa. He was also in the engagement at Ojos Azules (Blue Springs), where the hottest fighting of the expedition took place...