Word: uses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Until the training corps goes into barracks in the Freshman Halls, the pictures are to be shown in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House. This room will accommodate about 350 men, and if the occasion demands it, it would also be possible to use the new Louise E. Bettens' room, which adjoins Peabody Hall. These two rooms together will seat nearly 500 men. When the Corps is occupying the Freshman Halls, facilities will be provided for outdoor entertainment's in the Smith Quadrangle...
...first of a number of lectures on the use and operation of modern artillery in the present war, Captain Dupont, of the French Mission, addressed the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps last evening at the regular lecture period. Captain Dupont, who speaks excellent English, delivered his address himself, devoting the time to an introductory description of the various types of shells and to a discussion of their respective values under different conditions. By tables and diagrams he pointed out the penetrating power of high explosive shells of the several calibres, explaining its variation according to the weight of the projectile...
This week will see the first serious work in bayonet combat. Not only will the dummies and rings which were installed on Soldiers Field last week be made use of, but actual fencing with the use of wands will be started...
...influence of any great upheaval of the normal round of life is inspiring or depressing according to the age of men. The more stable has a man's mode of living become, the more he fears to see that mode thrown out of use, usurped by newer events. So at the outbreak of war on old men falls the horror of war, on young men the need of war, and on younger men the excitement...
Officers of the University should enter at the north door of the Chapel, and students at the south, unless accompanied by friends, when they should use the west door. The gallery is open to the public...