Word: uniformed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Formal athletic teams once more are organized to compete with officially recognized opponents. College publications are again turning out their issues as in former times. Classes have changed from uniform to civilian dress, and their numbers have doubled, trebled, and even quadrupled in some instances. The once magic words "military duties" have lost their previously infallible power to calm instructors who wax wroth at sins of ommission and commission. There is also a growing spirit of optimism in the air, due to the replacement of the uncertain future of war times by the more discernable future in days of peace...
...mutual understanding between Yale, Princeton, and the University was not the result of an attempt to foster this exclusiveness in athletics, but to establish between themselves uniform legislation and control of sports. That is, to ensure the same regulations of athletics at each of the universities, and thereby work upon a common basis. This cause of alliance is just as applicable in the case of the five colleges mentioned as it was with the three who have taken the lead in this respect...
...Grand opening day festivity in honor of returned soldiers. Afternoon tea dance, open to ladies, supper at cafe. Selections by Pierian Sodality and Glee Club. All men to be in uniform. Address on "Harvard's Part in the War," by President Lowell. Membership campaign to begin on the spot...
Therefore, the inflexibility of mere routine and form should be promptly relaxed wherever it tends to hamper the college work of the men in uniform. The University has done its part in facilitating transition to normal college life by allowing the immediate entrance of men into regular courses. Hence, it is the duty of the military authorities to do their share in bridging the gap, by relaxing discipline as much as possible where a conflict with the best interests of the regular college work occurs...
...petition of the members of the Junior S. A. T. C. to be allowed to wear their uniforms at all times, and to have a half-hour's extra drill daily, has been approved by the military authorities. The uniform is exactly the same as that worn by the regular S. A. T. C., except that the Junior Company wears the Harvard "Veritas" shield on the collar of the blouse. The work of the company is progressing rapidly, and the men are taking up bayonet-fighting with great interest and much enthusiasm. Through the courtesy of the Marine Section...