Word: yesterdays
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...firmly convinced that the system of universal military training and service now in force in Switzerland should be applied in the United States to supersede its present system of a regular standing army, reserves and militia," said President Eliot, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday afternoon. "I believe that such a system should be put into force at once as soon as Congress can pass the necessary legislation. We should not wait until the end of the war in the meantime fighting Germany with our present military organizations, but we should immediately establish a system such...
Appointments of new officers and non-commissioned officers for the First Battalion were given out yesterday. For the time being, there will be no change in the other battalions...
...winter track season of 1917-18 commenced inauspiciously yesterday afternoon when only 17 candidates reported at the Locker Building for the first practice. Of these only four were from the three upper classes, the rest being from 1921. A great many more Freshmen are needed to form the basis of a strong relay team, while unless more University candidates come out before the end of the week the outlook for an informal team will not be bright. The coaching staff has three weeks before the Christmas vacation in which to whip the runners and field event men into shape...
...yesterday's practice Coach Donovan took charge of all the runners, sending them at an easy jog around the Stadium fence. The jumpers and weight-throwers were given a workout in the baseball cage under the direction of Coach Farrell. This division of the coaching staff will be followed daily for the present. As soon as the laying of the board track, which is now under way, has been completed, all the runners will practice there...
...yards and had ten first downs, while the Marines did not once gain the distance by rushing, the sailors were barely able to win-by a 7-to-0 score against the stiff defence of the League Island eleven, led by E. W. Mahan '16, on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The condition of the Stadium necessitated the transfer of the contest to the Freshman Field, where a large crowd, including many sailors and Marines, witnessed the contest...