Word: select
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tonight to restore intercollegiate games, we do so for a reason greater than the satisfaction which we are able to derive from humbling other colleges. At present there are many men in the University who wish to take their exercise this spring in baseball, crew or track. These men select the sport which interests them most, and although they are not of the same degree of excellence as those who made up our teams formerly, they should not be denied the privilege of enjoying their chosen field because of this fact...
...college man who completes the work and is sent to a camp to receive final training, some sort of war degree or certificate will probably be granted. The student in the select course of the scientific school may substitute the R. O. T. C. course for a large part of his work and receive his Ph.B. degree at the end of three years. The Sheffield man taking an engineering or chemical course in college will pursue his technical studies during the R. O. T. C. course and thus prepare for a commission in the Engineers' Reserve Corps...
...Canada is strong proof that we were wise to push through our conscription measure last spring. Volunteer methods might have served us for a time, but they are not dependable or of permanent value. We gave our Government a great source of power when we allowed it to select all men necessary for service. But it will take power to win this war, and it is well that we did not play with a scheme which was sure to become ineffectual...
Eighty applications for the Third Series of Officers' Training Camps have been received at Military Headquarters from members of the University. Of this number 56 will be chosen eventually to attend the Camps. The examining officer has been instructed by the War Department to select the full quota of principals and the same number of alternates, but the paucity of applications makes this impossible...
...October 27 the informals will play at Ayer the Depot Brigade team of Camp Devens, Captain C. A. Coolidge '17 has been coaching this team, and has a limitless supply of material from which to select his eleven. There is also a possibility that the Newport Naval Reserves, led by C. R. Black, the Yale 1916 captain, will be played in the Stadium November...