Word: uses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...That the use of University buildings for the purpose of a training camp and otherwise under rules satisfactory to the President be approved, and, further, that the Board approves the action of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in granting academic privileges to students entering or being trained to enter military service...
Olive-drab is the badge of a nation's fighting men. There must be no disregard of the uniform, no use of a part of it as a convenient riding or golfing costume. Men who are going to fight bravely must dress and carry themselves in accord with the honor of that lofty cause which draws their allegiance...
...officer, he received what is known as a Government grant, and also a grant of money for those who then went into the regular army. So, at the end of every academic year young men were turned out all over England experienced in military drill and skilled in the use of a rifle, ready to serve as army officers in case of a national emergency. Your Reserve Officers' Training Corps is conducted on much the same lines, I understand, and you can realize what a great aid our young student-officers proved to England, when the German forces started across...
...modern trench warfare. Military science has been revolutionized since the days of the Spanish-American war, our last war. Tactics count a great deal more, strategy much less. It is all important that our soldiers should know how to handle the new implements of warfare and understand their use. A platoon leader today has to do more than judge the range for his men and lead them over a ploughed field. He must know the topography of the enemy's ground perfectly before the charge is even contemplated. This is but one of the many new duties of leaders...
...customary Class Day ceremonies will be held this year, President Lowell stated, and degrees and diplomas will be distributed as usual. Seniors should not forego the purchase of their caps and gowns in the belief there will be no opportunity to use them...