Word: sessional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...national safety. The Navy Department, and its "second to none" statement, were rather the agents than the reagents of the Coolidge speech. The common object was to put momentum behind the Department's cruiser-building bill (15 cruisers, 1 aircraft carrier) which got delayed in the last session of Congress and which, in the imminent session, appears impeded by the simultaneous emergence and solemn language of the latest and greatest treaty "to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy...
Yesterday afternoon's session differed but little from the others this week, according to the meagre information released at the Locker Building after the workout. The official spokesman of the Athletic Association announced that there was another demonstration of Yale plays, followed by a signal drill for Teams A and B. No inkling as to the makeup of these two combinations could be gleaned, but a rumor was current that the first eleven is substantially the same as that which has carried Harvard hopes in the encounters so far this fall...
...cloak of unprecedented secrecy which veiled Monday's practice session for the University gridiron forces once again descended over Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. No definite information concerning the activities of the coaches and players within the well-guarded walls of the Stadium could be gleaned from the official spokesman after the workout, the next to last one before the final struggle of the season at New Haven Saturday...
Tomorrow's workout will be the final open practice session of the season before the Crimson forces entrain for New Haven Friday morning...
...official announcement of what took place at the session is very sketchy and throws but little light on the coaches plans for this crucial week. A policy of strict secrecy will in all probability be maintained until Saturday, and any shakeups or changes in tactics will be revealed to the public only when the Crimson and Blue come together...