Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...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 of the University Corps in the report to the War Department. The inspection will probably conclude with a battalion parade and a review of the troops by the inspecting officer. Full attendance at the ceremony will be assured by the fact that the inspection takes precedence over all academic or outside engagements, as far as members of the First Battalion are concerned...
Today's ceremony is a part of a nationwide inspection held each spring by the War Department to ascertain the strength and condition of the units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps maintained by the various colleges in the United States. Each unit is held responsible for the condition of the arms and equipment issued to it by the Government, and the commandant of the Corps must in every case state just what ground has been covered by the men in training during the year. On the basis of the reports handed in by its inspecting officers in different parts...
...later page the legal document itself is reproduced. The feeling that, after all, the University is in even more healthful a condition than could be expected is borne out by Professor Munro's report of the winter term, especially by his paragraph on "College standards in war-time...
...aspects of the war are discussed, the one by Professor Whipple in "What of Russia After the War?" and the other by Mr. Grant on "England, America, and College Men." Mr. Whipple prudently dates his article January, 1918; at that time, at least, he was convinced of the permanence of the Republic and hopeful for its development. Mr. Grant's long residence in England makes him a trust worthy interpreter of the English point of view; his advice ought to go far to-wards establishing instant cordiality between English and American officers...
...will meet in the Living Room of the Union on Monday evening, April 8, at 8 o'clock, to open their College festivities with a smoker. This will be the second of a proposed series of undergraduate social activities to take place in the Union on an economical war-time basis...