Word: small
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...little clubs"; there will be obliterated the unwarrantable award which comes to a man when elected to a so-called "big club"; there will be eliminated the stigma which attaches to membership in no club; there will be destroyed that feeling of almost insignificance which members of small clubs have, so far as affects their association with members of the big clubs...
...outsider it seems unfortunate that such a radical course should be necessary. The experience of American universities has been that clubs are inevitable, that the natural tendency of individuals is to consolidate into small, close-knit groups. When the nature of these groups destroys the possibility of fellowship, they should be modified, but to end their existence entirely opposes the dictates of normal human instincts If possible, it seems far healthier that the small club groups should continue to exist side by side with the broader opportunities for common fellowship...
...Volunteer Naval Reserve for Civilians, 137 are undergraduates or graduates of the University. These men are training two evenings a week on the battleships Georgia and Virginia, now lying in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The instruction is given by the regular line officers of the navy. Owing to the small number of officers who are able to devote time to this training and the limited space which can be utilized, there is already a waiting list of men ready to go into training as soon as vacancies occur...
...Freshmen and Sophomores are especially wanted, as successful candidates will be in line for the office of assistant business manager next year and for that of business manager the year following. The work is very light and will not take much time, consisting principally of collecting advertisements and a small amount of clerical work...
...enlist in the regular army now because the period of active service with the colors is too long, the pay is too small, and they are not given a training of any practical value when they return to civil life. The term of enlistment of the private soldier should be decreased from three years to one year, the length of time England has found necessary for training a private under modern conditions. The pay of the average enlisted man should be doubled so that he would receive at least thirty dollars a month. Although section twenty-seven of the present...