Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Resolved; That, except in so far as is necessary to conceal military and naval secrets from the enemy, the United States Government should take no measures to prevent the publication and circulation of any paper," was the subject announced last night for the trials for the University debating teams. On February 20, candidates for the teams which are to compete against Yale and Princeton in the annual triangular debate on March 22 will be expected to speak for five minutes or either side of this question...
...subject for the triangular debate has not been announced. Because of the request of the debating authorities at Yale, the question for this debate will not be given out until March 5. Thus each team will have only 1 days in which to prepare for the final contest...
...military preparation have not altogether justified our trust in them. Errors are pointed out and discussed, in order to have them remedied. Not from malice nor from political prejudice do we try to discover faults, but the benefit by their elimination. At the same time, however, dissatisfaction over one subject causes un-intentional blindness to the merits of others, as we are silently contented to make few comments on beneficent results, or because a steady success attracts only casual attention, we over-emphasize the mistakes. There do exist, nevertheless, numerous causes for satisfaction, which deserve favorable criticism no less than...
...registered are taking only elementary courses in engineering. For those men, however, who want to prepare for the engineering profession next year, special arrangements will be made, and they will be provided for in some way by the University. All such men may obtain further information on this subject by consulting with Professor H. J. Hughes
Whether preference is given to a particular one of the new subject makes little difference. In learning any one, the student gains knowledge which is essential for winning a commission. The fact that this is a College course may cause men to just pass, and for that reason lose much of its value. continuous work will mean far more than a high grade; it will mean a better chance to secure a lieutenancy. The aim of this training is not scholarship, but preparation to became an officer...