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...halter of compulsion. Compulsory exercise may not be so beneficial as that in which students indulge because of their love of sport for itself or for the opportunities it gives of exercise in the open, but it is vastly better than nothing. Consider what army training did for our draft men. The bulk of them were scrawny enough when they entered Camp Upton. Their physique after a few months' training, as revealed in the parade in this city, was astounding. So it was in every camp; for after all, despite all belief to the contrary, the American nation...
...taught the college world many athletic lessons. It has also given us some hard problems to solve. In the early days of our war preparation too many fine fellows were rejected because of physical defects which could have been prevented. The draft merely accentuated this condition. It was evident enought that the American college had developed the brains of its students but had neglected their bodies. Then came the big cantonments, and with them the opportunity to show what men of vision could do to utilize athletics in the development of America's fighting machine...
...Trenching at Gallipoli." He was graduated from St. Patrick's Hall School at St. Johns Newfoundland, and was a special student at the University the first half of 1914-15, the second half of 1915-16, and throughout the year in 1916-17. He went to France with the draft army and was wounded. Later, he was transferred here, taking command of Company...
...large number of young men with experience in automobile driving who are not restricted by draft regulations are needed to fill up the numbers of the corps...
...commissioned staff officers' school at Fort Monroe has a course of three months, and is to be open to all draft registrants who are not specifically excluded by regulation...