Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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With the addition of some foreign specimens obtained by Mr. Hancock, the collection embraces more than 2,000 pieces, almost entirely native to the state of New Jersey. Mr. Hancock covered every section of the state in his search, and discovered a new mineral, to which his name was given by the Museum of Natural History of New York. Many of the finest specimens were obtained in the vicinity of the zinc mines at Franklin Furnace...
After passing the preliminary test, the student will be sent to an advanced school of which there are now three, one on Long Island, one in Illinois and one in California. The successful completion of this course will entitle the student to a commission in the Aviation Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps...
...Aero Club of America will, after undergoing the physical examination, be given a flying examination embodying the requirements of the preliminary test. If competent they may also take the reserve military aviator's test. If they pass this second test, they will be given a commission in the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps...
According to a cable from London received at Brockville, Ont., Allan Shortt '17, who was attached to the machine gun section of the 59th Canadian battalion was officially announced as missing after an engagement on the French front. Shortt, who is lieutenant, is thought to be a prisoner of war. He is a nephew of the late Seth Low, LL.D., '90, former mayor-of New York, and was a member of the Class of 1917 when he went to Brockville to enlist...
Also it is obviously impossible to select a championship team for any section. The game calls for too much physically from its players to make it possible to stage a sufficient number of games to decide a football championship. Players who have put forth all that they could muster against a traditional rival might show up stale against an inferior football team a week later. Certain games call for the supreme effort; others are merely football games to fill in a schedule. --The Outlook...