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Michigan, St. Louis University and other institutions in the Middle and Far West, have followed the same course, and all the athletic events scheduled by the universities of the Pacific Coast have been declared off, through the action of Congress and the President...
...other hand, scattered colleges throughout the country have made known their intentions of continuing their programs. West Point and Annapolis will carry out their schedules in spite of the early graduation of the senior class, made necessary by the declaration of war. The men in the lower classes of these institutions are not allowed to leave them to take part in military service, and consequently athletic competition will be encouraged. The authorities at Pennsylvania have decided that participation in intercollegiate sports will not be abandoned there...
...band in line of masses in the Stadium, and the retreat ceremony will be held, after which the battalions will pass in review before Captain Cordier and the military staff. This occasion will give the public the first opportunity to see the Training Corps drill together. Seats on the west side of the Stadium will be found the most advantageous...
...answer to a question as to the relative value of men trained for officers under the system of the R. O. T. C. and under the system at West Point, Captain Shannon answered that there was no reason why the method here should not develop some officers fully as capable as the best graduated from West Point. "What an officer needs," he said, "is not necessarily so much book learning, but a training that makes immediate and unquestioning obedience second nature to him. A man so trained will usually make a good leader and officer. At West Point the idea...
Since graduation from West Point in 1903, Captain Shannon has seen about as much active service as any officer in the Army. He has served in the Philippines, and was in Mexico with the first troops and out with the last. As captain in the 11th Cavalry he formed part of Pershing's expeditionary force which went into Mexico after Villa. He was also in the engagement at Ojos Azules (Blue Springs), where the hottest fighting of the expedition took place...