Word: undergo
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...proficiency in particular subjects. At the close of his sophomore year he will be required to demonstrate by the range of his knowledge and ability that he is getting something worth while out of the college. And before he receives his degree he will have to undergo another general test to determine whether the college can afford to turn him out into the world as an educated...
Each applicant must undergo a thorough, physical examination for appointment, the standard for physical fitness being the general physical requirements for military service. The minimum standard of vision will be 20-70 in each eye, correctable to 20-40 by glasses. In juries and defects which will not interfere with the performance of proper duties by the candidate, will be noted, but not regarded as disqualifying. No candidate will be accepted whose weight falls below 115 pounds without special authority from the Adjutant General of the Army...
...above statement is the result of a conference held yesterday morning between President Lowell and Dean Yeomans. At first it had been the plan of the College authorities to require the men going to the June Camp to undergo a period of intensive training immediately after the completion of the early final examinations, followed by a two-weeks' vacation before the opening of the Camp. Upon further consideration, however, it was decided to leave the decision in this matter entirely in the hands of the University military authorities...
...companies of the First Battalion will fall in at their respective points of assembly shortly after 3.30 o'clock and will march to the Stadium where they will undergo a thorough inspection of rifles and equipment. Captain McDonell will then be at liberty to call upon the battalion for an exhibition of any drills, exercises, or ceremonies that he may desire to have executed. It will be the manner in which the men respond to the commands of their leaders during these drills and in the other exercises, that will count most heavily for or against the standing...
...urged to undertake athletic sports, and these sports will merely be the handmaid of military or navy training. We therefore enter organized sport not with the old purpose of defeating our hereditary rivals, but merely with the purpose of turning out men in the best physical condition to undergo the strain of modern warfare." The Yale News...