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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those who are physically unacceptable for the Army and Navy are, however, included among the number who may compete on athletic teams. There are certain men in every college whose minor physical disqualifications, though barring them from military work, do not prevent their being excellent athletes. Any undergraduates who have made the effort to serve and have failed should not be differentiated from the more fortunate ones who are accepted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY | 2/26/1918 | See Source »

...Harvard 6. The 12 men chosen after the preliminary trials last week have been divided into four teams to debate on the question: "Resolved, That except in so far as it is necessary to conceal military and naval secrets, the United States Government should take no measures to prevent the publication or circulation of any paper." The places on the teams and the hours for the debating have been set as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINAL TRIALS FOR DEBATING TEAM WILL BE HELD TODAY | 2/25/1918 | See Source »

...Council's power, was attended by all the Allies, and the plan of more closely centralizing affairs in this council was decided upon unanimously. This policy was dictated largely by the Italian disaster, which was the unfortunate result of lack of co-operation among the Allies. To prevent a recurrence of any such debacle, the conference decided on a more powerful war council as the most powerful war council as the most efficient way of running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LLOYD GEORGE WINS | 2/21/1918 | See Source »

...that time candidates who are going to compete for positions on the team will speak for five minutes on either side of the question: "Resolved: That, except in so far as it is necessary to conceal military and naval secrets, the United States Government should take no measures to prevent the publication or circulation of any paper." The judges selected for the trials are Judge A. P. Stone '93, H. Epstein '16 and F. M. Rarig...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRELIMINARY TRIALS TONIGHT | 2/20/1918 | See Source »

...work with a view to placing their men in the vacation war service for which they are individually fitted. Such a survey should be made at Harvard. There are many men here willing and able to give valuable service whose lack of acquaintance and connection with business concerns will prevent them rendering it. Such men, without an organized survey of capabilities and needs, are likely to drift into comparatively unimportant summer employment for which they may not be especially fitted. To be sure, this undertaking would entail considerable expansion of the College Employment Bureau or the creation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER WAR SERVICE | 2/14/1918 | See Source »

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