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...also to give the university authorities information dealing with such matters as how long they spent at meals and in bed, the amounts of their allowances, earnings, the income of their families, and why they wanted to go to college. In addition, they were required to keep a time chart for a week, showing in detail their activities for every hour of the day and night from April...
...Time Chart Covered Week...
...minute inquisition into the habits of the Yale undergraduate was in the student time chart. This, covering a full week, was designed to account for every minute of the day and night and for every conceivable occupation. In fact, scholastic work was only a fraction of the total. Among the non-athletic organizations the student was required to account for his work in connection with publications, dramatics, musical clubs, debating, religious, Y. M. C. A., Class committee, student council fraternities and societies...
...First Sea Lord Churchill used to drive gouty Admirals to distraction, by asking them suddenly, now and then: "What would you do if war were declared tomorrow?" He used to gaze nervously each morning at a chart on which the exact position of every major ship of every navy in the world was shown. And he used to make extremely hot-headed speeches advocating his "Home Rule" Irish policy...
...been suggested, for the benefit of those who listen to the game, "that they make a simple gridiron chart on paper beforehand, so that every detail of the progress of the ball and tactics of the players may be followed through out the game...