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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hold in regard to colleges and consequently all academic engagements will be held as usual on the coalless days. It is understood that this same attitude is being taken by the other New England colleges and universities, although all are taking steps to aid the Government by reducing their use of fuel...
...scarcely perceptible saving in coal would result from the shut-down of courses on Mondays. All the College buildings which are being made use of by different branches of the Government service and all the dormitories would have to be heated as usual, so that only a few buildings such as Sever and Emerson Halls could be closed. The extra amount of fuel needed to heat these buildings would therefore be negligible...
...heartily approve of the measure which you are urging in regard to starting the daily schedule of Harvard an hour earlier in order to economize the use of artificial light. I hope that the University authorities will endorse the plan, and that other colleges of the state will be able to adopt the same proposal. JAMES J. STORROW...
...Resolved: That we approve the idea of the development of athletic sports as a means of military training and we offer the facilities of the Association to the use of the student battalion for that purpose; and in the second place, we approve the idea of having intercollegiate athletic competition on a simple and inexpensive plan which shall not interfere with the military training, but which shall maintain the athletic traditions of Princeton...
...plan of moving all academic engagements forward one hour and the Faculty later adopt it, it would be highly out of place for the Junior Class to hold a function which would be contrary to the entire purpose of the plan of economizing electric lights by the use of the natural light of the early morning. The stand taken in regard to the Junior Dance will probably influence the vote of the College next Tuesday in no small measure. By all means let us have the dance, but let us not have it when to hold it would be unwise...