Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...being accepted for service in the Corps. Most of these recruits came from other New England Colleges or were graduates of the University. Since the reopening of the unit after the Easter recess 396 men have applied for admission, 296 of whom have been accepted. Fifty-seven have been rejected for physical reasons, and the remaining 43 have not completed their enrolment. The enrolment bureau at Warren House will remain open until Saturday night...
...wander where they please. They have completed their academic work; ergo that lies behind them. They have not been admitted to Plattsburg; ergo that lies before them. In the meantime they are unleashed comets in the orderly procession of stars, confined to no monotonous orbit, but lawless in the seven heavens...
...other events held yesterday, Berry of Pennsylvania won the broad-jump with a leap of 20 feet seven and three-quarters inches, and Bennett of Illinois, with a throw of 141 feet nine and one-half inches, placed first in the hammer-throw. White, by placing third in this event, was the only man to score twice, for Blanchard failed to win a place...
Eleven members of the class have obtained leave of absence in order to join the ambulance service in France. The greater part of this number are enrolled in the American Ambulance Field Service, but some have joined the Norton-Harjes Ambulance. Seven men are enlisted in the aviation service, some in the Aviation Section of the Reserve Officers' Signal Corps, and some in the training school at Squantum. Several others are on the reserve list of this school and expect to get called at any time. Four men from 1920 are in the United States Secret Service...
...Michigan, with 27 representatives, is far in the lead, holding the pennant that it wrested from Yale a few years ago. The University of Virginia comes next with 20 of its sons in Congress. Then in order are Harvard, 19; Yale, 13; Wisconsin, ten; Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi, seven each; Minnesota, Iowa and Georgia, six each...