Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Arthur Lyman Williston, president of the Wentworth Institute, will have charge of the engineering course. It was largely due to his efforts that this schedule of courses was formulated. He is at present preparing a detailed plan of the work which will be published shortly...
Every attempt to combine military training with sports deserves encouragement. At present, two distinct movements are being started to accomplish this bayonet combat and rifle practice. In both of these the keenness of athletic competition can be used to further development in the arts of war. Recreation and exercise are by no means checked, but rather turned in such a direction as to be more useful at the present time. As most of us must learn before long how to handle a bayonet, we can have no better chance to become practiced in the art than now. Not only...
...action of reopening the Union was taken because there is at present no general place in the University where students may lounge and smoke. One important purpose is to furnish a common-room for the students who eat in the Union...
Immediate consideration of this war problem is necessary to prevent future difficulties. Even if the draft age is not lowered, and, although preparatory school graduates are urged to obtain all the education they can, yet it is very doubtful if more students will be enrolled than at present. As a matter of fact, a continuous decrease is indicated in many ways; the likelihood of younger draftees, the increasing economy of money, and the experience of foreign universities. As war deficits exist already, and as they will surely grow no less under present conditions, every college is forced to adopt...
...practice will be held in the Locker Building instead of the Boathouse because of the present scarcity of coal. By keeping the Newell Boathouse closed until spring, a half-ton of fuel can be saved each day, and for this reason the transfer to the Locker Building was arranged. Although the tank will not be in use, there will be adequate accommodation for all candidates who report, at least until after the mid-year period...