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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There are in the United States nearly 1,000,000 young men coming of age each year, and of this number about 750,000 are conservatively estimated to be fit for military training. Between the ages of 19 and 25 there are over 4,500,000 men fit for service. Of these men it is estimated that there are in the colleges alone not less than 200,000 of proper age and physique. The actual male attendance in colleges in 1914 was 237,562 in high schools 541,486. In addition there are at least 700,000 young business...
...While it is not practicable at present to reach directly through private agency all the young men of the country, it is entirely feasible to bring the "Plattsburg idea" directly to the attention of over 1,000,000 college, high school and young business and professional men. A considerable proportion of these men are ready and eager to equip themselves to serve their country if only a practicable plan is presented to them. Such a plan is the summer training camp of the regular army...
...Military Training Camps Association proposes to put the training camp idea, its opportunities and advantages before the great constituency of young men above described. This will be done by distributing circulars through the medium of the college and graduate lists, Young Men's Christian Associations, commercial and professional organizations, etc., by sending speakers to the colleges and larger cities, by organizing local recruiting committees, and by other similar means...
...interesting to watch the evolution of the native student. It is hard indeed to recognize in the polished young gentlemen who receive their diplomas the raw untutored boys from the back country village...
Examinations under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will be continued today and tomorrow according to the following schedule. Examinations are at 9.15 o'clock unless otherwise stated. Examinations Today. Anthropology 2, Peabody Mus. Astronomy 5, Astron. Lab. Chemistry B: Akin to Pollack (inclusive), Zoological Lecture Room Rathje to Young (inclusive), Pierce 202 Chemistry 23, Sever 24 Class. Archaeology 1a, Sever 30 Comparative Literature 12: Adams to Harrower (inclusive), Emerson D Harte to Reed (inclusive), Emerson J Reniers to Stiles (inclusive), Sever 5 Stonestreet to Young (inclusive), Sever 6 Economics A, Dr. Burbank's Sects., New Lect. Hall Professor...