Word: regular
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...writing that "few men were of college calibre." You go on to suggest that the S. A. T. C. was not a failure per se, but because of the men who composed it! To quote from the editorial, "Its rolls were not filled with the names of regular undergraduates--but with the names of younger men who seized the opportunity to enter college without examinations at the expense of the government, and of a few older men evading duty...
Although the College was in the hands of the government, there was the usual rush at the beginning of the year and the library was accordingly open every day for about the first ten days after courses began regularly. During the rest of the year it has been opened three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The courses did not regularly begin until the tenth of October and the decrease of regular students at the College was tremendous, yet the total number of books issued was scarcely 100 less than the year before, a total of 497 being...
...opinion is based solely on the S. A. T. C., the least successful of the training organizations yet tried out. The S. A. T. C. was not at all representative, suffering as it did from many war-time handicaps. Its rolls were filled not with the names of regular undergraduates, for they had already gone into active service, but with the names of younger men who seized this opportunity to enter college without examinations at the expense of the government, and of a few older men evading active duty. Few were of college calibre. Dean Goodnight forgets, (what a convenient...
...second day of football practice yesterday, several new candidates reported, among them E. L. Casey '19, regular half-back on the 1916 team...
According to orders, published by the Navy Department yesterday, officers with the rank of ensign of the line in the naval reserve force, whether on active or inactive duty, may be appointed for temporary service in the regular navy. By transferring to the temporary navy reserve officers who desire such service, the department hopes to make up the shortage resulting from the enforced release from active duty of officers of the reserve force which must be completely demobilized after the declaration of peace. Applications from reserve officers will be received until April...