Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting of the University Athletic Committee yesterday evening, it was decided that because of the war the University's teams would remain informal for the rest of the year, and that in all probability no intercollegiate games would be played. Schedules in the various sports will be arranged for the most part with training camps and naval stations, as in the case of the informal football team this fall...
...debate last night in the Music Building to L. Brentano '18. Six men, chosen from the preliminary contest held two weeks ago, discussed either side of the question, "Resolved, that the French Government should take by taxation all excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen because of the war...
While we are heartily in accord with the modification of athletics during the war, we oppose any abolition of them. During the winter, few teams exist. Those that do cannot be eliminated without a great loss to the student body, both in physical training and in recreation. An informal seven, like the recent eleven, will furnish health as well as pleasure to many undergraduates...
...shouldered arms while war-like music thrilled...
There is a further corollary to be drawn from yesterday's list of appointments. This applies to the men in the Corps now. Their opportunity is coming, for this war evidently will not be a short one and age limits are unstationary things. The enrolled students in Military Science and Tactics have seen what diligence has done for their predecessors. It is a faculty ever powerful. It can repeat its work whenever called upon. If our present undergraduates are considering lieutenancies and captaincies, the most effective consideration will be hard work from...