Word: overhaul
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Undoubtedly it is good for Yale, as it would be for any university, to overhaul its system and see that the rules are literally obeyed. To make the new regime retro-active, however, is somewhat harsh and not wholly logical. To be thoroughly consistent, the men who played on former teams should be disqualified and their games forfeited. Since this is not within the bounds of either thought or execution, why cannot these five unfortunate men,--victims of little else than fate,--be re-instated and the new order dated from the present...
...some New England port at the beginning of the summer. The first weeks will be spent cruising about from Portland, Me., to New York, dividing the vessels into two fleets for mimic warfare, and while lying at anchor, learning to lay mines, to handle the boats, and to overhaul the machinery...