Word: summers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...swing back again to a normally balanced viewpoint on the subject. In other colleges the tide is already turning toward a renewed preparedness for possible war. At Princeton men are already signing up, though slowly at first, for the Field Artillery Unit to be formed there this summer. Columbia has established a form of military department, in which Government instructors will give courses designed to fit men for eventual commissions in the Infantry, Artillery, and Signal Service, College authorities all over the country are accepting one or the other of these alternate plans...
...Northfield Conferences were started forty years ago with the object of affording an opportunity to members of different colleges and universities to meet and discuss together the problems common to all. They are held each summer under the auspices of a central committee, and are of a religious character. The problems discussed are all those which affect the growth and welfare of colleges, with the general aim of moral and educational progress through the co-operation of representative students of the various institutions. The business of the Conference goes on in the morning and evening, leaving the afternoon free...
...Naval Radio School, which had been doubled in size and operations since the last treasurer's report, cost $213.91 to be maintained from June 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, to August 1, when it was taken over by the National Y. M. C. A. During the summer $255.61 was expended on stationery and entertainment for the R. O. T. C. in the Cambridge barracks and at Camp Thayer...
...battles of Chateau Thierry, Chemin des Dames, St. Mihiel, and Verdun being in the last named sector for six weeks. Last summer Walcott was wounded by a shell fragment and severely gassed, and it is believed his death may have been the result of these injuries...
Although reports from other universities indicate that football practice will be more extensive than usual this spring, it is likely to be exceedingly limited at Yale. Dr. Alfred H. Sharpe, the new director at that university will not arrive there until mid-summer to take charge of the coaching and most of the candidates are out for the various spring teams. Dr. Sharpe has chosen, as assistant coaches, the same men who coached the Elis in 1916. No captain will be elected until after Dr. Sharpe takes charge of the squad and the playing season begins next fall...