Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Books are equipped here for our returning troops as well as for those who have been going overseas," said Dr. Mawson in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter, "and these must often be secured at very short notice to supply a transport leaving more or less suddenly. The reason we require so many more books is that they don't last, for whereas in public libraries a book may pass through the hands of 30 borrowers before it is worn out, in the Library War Service-especially on shipboard,-a volume rarely outlives the handling by five different persons...
...choosing without sufficient information of the object of different courses and the manner in which they are to be treated; and, in the absence of any explanation by the College on this point, it would be well if the students who are acquainted with the courses would give a short criticism of such as are not likely to be understood by others, so that those who choose them may do so with the advantage of having their experience to guide them. The difficulty of which we speak becomes more apparent after the electives are commenced in the following year, when...
Since his arrival here last February Colonel Goetz, working in the seclusion of the Military Office, has perfected plans for the Field Artillery Unit to be established here next fall. Laboring under the handicap of the bad reputation of the S. A. T. C., he set forth, a short time ago, comprehensive plans for the future R. O. T. C., which, if they materialize, will undoubtedly prove of great value to the University. The few men who have come in touch with Colonel Goetz are already eagerly awaiting the time next fall when they shall be under the leadership...
...order to bring about better transportation facilities, buses will soon be operating at short intervals between the campus and Yale Field. This means of transportation, besides being free, will bring the field within six minutes of the college, instead of twenty as formerly. Anyone, whether he is out for a team or not will be privileged to a free ride in one of the buses. The purpose will be to get every man out on the field every day, not necessarily competing for a team, but at least taking some form of exercise...
...order to meet the needs of this University the auditorium ought to have a larger foyer, or outer halfway, than that provided in the Hill Memorial. In this might be placed a tablet engraved with the names of the men who fell in the war, and a short account of the military history of each...