Word: thoroughly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gunnery, hippology, and motor mechanics, which will amount to a total of three hours of lectures each week. The theoretical instruction in materiel will include a study of the part that various types and calibers of guns played in the recent war, and the possibilities of these guns. A thorough study of at least one example of each type of gun, rifle and howitzer will be made...
Each applicant must undergo a thorough, physical examination for appointment, the standard for physical fitness being the general physical requirements for military service. The minimum standard of vision will be 20-70 in each eye, correctable to 20-40 by glasses. In juries and defects which will not interfere with the performance of proper duties by the candidate, will be noted, but not regarded as disqualifying. No candidate will be accepted whose weight falls below 115 pounds without special authority from the Adjutant General of the Army...
...course embraces the subjects necessary to qualify for the degree of Aeronautical Engineering, and deals with the science in a thorough and complete manner, with special emphasis on the development of aircraft for commercial purposes. The subjects include aerodynamics, principles of construction, motors, navigation, photography, radio, and an economic study of costs. The duration of the complete course is nine months, for which a fee of $250 is charged. Students who are able to show that they are proficient in certain subjects will not be required to remain with the school the entire nine months, in which case arrangements...
...doubt the college man who has chosen as his summer occupation to enter the ranks of those who earn their living by muscular effort, and thereby learn at first hand the fundamental problems which face the industrial world in this era of transition and unrest, has made a the thorough, wise and farsighted choice. Theirs will be an invaluable opportunity to experience for a study their ideas of social reform, and ultimately to aid intelligently in the present world-wide search for a more satisfactory combination of the conditions which govern the life of the worker, and a more stable...
...than the more cautiously scientific American pilots. Then he was lost for a week, and General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout Movement, was deeply affected last week as he told a New York audience that Americans seemed to feel that loss,--the loss of a thorough sport,--almost more than Englishmen themselves...