Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ordered to present myself for physical examination for promotion last Sunday Guess who did it. Doc Deney of the Harvard crew! Ran into Paul Withington, Doc Derby, Elliot Cutler, etc., at the Harvard Hospital...
Rumors of riots and internal dissensions increase the hope for peace, but they do not always bring it nearer. At present, strikes seem to be prevalent within the Central Powers, even causing very serious complications. We, however, can never be certain that conditions are as grievous as made out to be, or as difficult to remedy as we hope. Exaggerated press despatches or the Kaiser's willful misrepresentation may very likely arouse false expectations. We are encouraged at the Teutons' seeming disorders, but they, too, may rejoice that American industry is becoming more and more tied...
...deterred the Business School from adding two courses to its curriculum. Any expansion of this branch of the University increases its reputation in peace times and makes it more serviceable in times of strife. The policy of "business as usual" has been much criticized, but as the present ideal of the graduate school it deserves praise. To this body, however, the phrase means as not heedlessness to the patriotic demands made on every citizen, but rather increased service to the Government by learning now more than ever the principles of business. As the purpose of the training is always practical...
Captain James P. Parker '96, N. N. V., has stated that he believes that this type of intensive training for commissions would be continued throughout the duration of the war. If the present plan is carried out, a new set of 150 officers will be graduated three or four times a year...
...probable, however, that future schools will instruct more than the present number of cadets. Such an increase here would mean the acquisition of several new buildings, because the present quarters in Holyoke House, Dane and Harvard Halls are already taxed to their capacity...