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...present men may attend these classes without enrolling for the Naval Coast Defence Reserve...
Classes of instruction, as outlined below, for those contemplating enrolling for the proposed camps and cruise for civilians or in the Naval Coast Defence Reserve will be held on U. S. S. Virginia, Charlestown Navy Yard, Monday afternoons at 4.30 and monday evenings at 7 o'clock, beginning Monday, February 19. Owing to the regulations in force at the Navy Yard no one enrolled for these classes will be admitted through the gate after 4.20 in the afternoon and 6.50 in the evening...
Iowa is not a "militarist" state. It is not even excitable on questions of defence. It is well inland. Bombardment of the coast seems a long way distant, to the Iowan. Pacifism, loosely interpreted, is fairly strong in Iowa. But what do you suppose is the public opinion of that state on universal military training? The newspapers reflect with accuracy the opinions of their readers-they wouldn't do business long if they did not. A poll has been taken, from DesMoines, of the Iowa newspapers on this question, and it resulted like this: In favor of universal training...
...elimination of the fourth mile will mean the extension of an invitation to Princeton and the Navy to compete with Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse and the winner of the Pacific Coast regatta on the Hudson next June. The Tigers and the Midshipmen have kept away from Poughkeepsie because of their opposition to the fourth mile...
...best authority of seasoned travelers, do such glorious fires take place as in Cambridge, In the dark of the night or the glare of the morn, while the midnight oil is theoretically burning, the deep bell of the fire alarm sounds. And forth from the Yard and the Gold Coast, from Widener and Phillips Brooks, from every shanty, dormitory or palace between Persis smith and Perkins, the rejoicing students rush...