Word: question
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This evening the Student Council will meet to discuss the question of setting the daily schedule of the University back one hour in order that a corresponding amount of coal energy in the form of electric lights may be saved at the end of the day. The proposition is to secure the effects of turning back the hands of the University clocks without actually disturbing any of those venerable chronometers. If the Council approves of the measure, it will be brought before the Faculty, who will in all probability give it their support...
...largest question," said President Maclaurin, "is undoubtedly that of our future relations with Harvard. Both institutions have a great record of achievement, Harvard incomparably the greater if we survey the whole field of education, but not greater in the particular field that the Institute has cultivated. Each institution is strong enough to play an independent part, and there will doubtless be some who will advocate that course...
Professor Ward has consented to give two talks on the value of weather-knowledge a matter which has affected several important battles during the last two years. Professor Atwood will deal with the question of reading maps in such a way that the military importance of the terrain and its sub-strata can be recognized. In all the work, the metric system will be used...
...second is an opportunity for every enlisted man, and the third, the logical course of those who can afford a college education. Although not everyone belongs to a training corps yet those who do are for the most part potential commanders. Since West Point is out of the question for the great majority, and since the element of chance rising from the ranks is considerable in the case of an untrained soldier, university R. O. T. C.'s are the most accessible, and yet quite certain means of reaching high position. They form the most convenient stepping stone for many...
...question of an informal swimming team this year has not yet been decided upon. Freshman manager candidates are now engaged in a University-wide canvass to discover what former swimmers can come out for the team if one is formed. As soon as the reports from this canvass are completed, it will be known whether there is sufficient interest to organize a team. The captain-elect of this season's swimming squad, R. E. Jackson '19, was commissioned a lieutenant at the last Plattsburg award, and none of the regulars of last year's team have returned to College...