Word: squad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this afternoon. Four companies, formed from the members of the course in military science and tactics, will assemble on the roadway east of James Smith Hall at 1.30 o'clock. Captain Cordier will have direction over 260 men. Company commanders upon assembling their companies will assign the members to squads select temporary squad leaders and impart instruction in the school of the soldier and the squad...
Yesterday afternoon marked the beginning of the final stage in the development of the University football team, for Coach P. D. Haughton '99, who has heretofore been able to appear on the field only occasionally, assumed full charge of the squad, and will hereafter personally direct the work of the men. Although the practice yesterday was confined to the usual light Monday workout, consisting merely of signal drill and personal instruction, the appearance of Coach Haughton on the field, and the knowledge that he was to be on hand regularly hereafter seemed to give the men new spirit and confidence...
...Company commanders, upon assembling their companies, will assign the members to squads, select temporary squad leaders and impart instruction in the school of the soldier and the squad...
...Princeton last week, they have high hopes of turning the tables this afternoon, and securing a victory over the University. That the Harvard coaches are not greatly worried over the outcome of the contest, however, is shown by the fact that the drill for the University squad this week has been unusually light, the first string men not having been sent onto the field for any hard scrimmaging until last Thursday, when the Freshmen lined up against them for the first time this season. And in this scrimmage the University eleven showed a much stronger offensive and defensive playing power...
...chief element of interest in the game this afternoon will be the fact that this is the first time that the University eleven has met a team coached by men who use the Haughton system, for the North Carolina squad this year has been under the direction of T. J. Camp- bell '12 and R. R. Cowen '16, both of whom were trained by Coach Haughton. Thus the game this afternoon should prove an interesting contest between two teams similarly trained and drilled, both using the same style of football. Hard, straight-forward playing, without the use of trick plays...