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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...accordance with an act of Congress, approved on June 13, 1916, the War Department has detailed Captain Constant Cordier, U. S. A., former commander of the Harvard Regiment, to give instruction in the University in military science and tactics. Captain Cordier will start this year with a single course, to be known as "Military Science and Tactics." It is hoped that other courses will be added later until a full course of instruction to prepare men to become officers in the reserve army has been developed...
...explain the duties of the candidates, which consist mainly of the gathering and "writing-up" of University news. The competition requires no previous journalistic training, and is especially valuable in furnishing an opportunity for building up a wise and intimate knowledge of the University. The Freshman competition will not start until February...
...Tigers start their season with one asset that has been lacking in past years--a tested running offence. This means more than might appear on the surface. In the two big games of 1915 the Tigers gained more ground and made more first downs than either of their opponents; there is no gainsaying the impressions aroused by this unusual fact. Here is the interesting table of ground gained, relative punting distance, and first downs made by running in the Harvard and Yale games...
...University captured both the morning races, the second crew winning an easy race in 10.25, while the freshmen after a bad start followed the Yale boat until the last quarter mile when by a splendid spurt, they caught up on their opponents and led at the finish by two and two-fifths seconds, with a time...
...crews left for Gales Ferry on June 3 in order to start a final preparation for the dual battle with Harvard. The large number of 29 oarsmen was taken on the camp list, since the coach felt anything but certain as to the final lineup of the crew. The Gales Ferry practice has of course been very beneficial to the Yale crews, as well as good fun for the oarsmen, for here strenuous work was done to get at the main faults of the boats and speedy remedies were applied. A week or so at Gales Ferry proved conclusively...