Word: events
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Prussianism! Military life to usurp the place of a happy life! Terrific expense to the Government! Many ejaculations of like nature sum up the arguments of the objectors. As yet the issue has not been placed directly before the country but it probably will be before long. In any event the arguments pro and con will not change appreciably; and the way the fires of disunion are breaking out today, it would not be impossible that people will clamor for universal training in order to protect the country...
...other words, the purpose in the United States aims at making of an ordinary man a physical specimen capable of being converted into a soldier in the event of a future war. In France and Germany the men are moulded into soldiers for instant use. While in the United States benefits from the training accrue to both the man and the nation, in France and Germany the nation only is benefited...
Regular winter practice for the track men will start on January 5, immediately after the vacation. During the month of practice there will be weekly competitions in the various field events, and at present it is proposed to give a cup at the end of the month's work to the men in each event showing the greatest improvement...
...students in the University have been privileged to attend Pasadena's great yearly festival, "The Tournament of Roses." Many do not realize the wonder and the beauty of the event at which the University football team is to take a leading part. In some respects this great "American Riviera" resembles the "Battle of Flowers" hold at Nice, France, at which many of the American soldiers were present last year...
Virtually the first winter practice for field event men will commence today at 2.30 o'clock, when all candidates for these events report to Coach Farrell at the Cage. Coach Farrell will continue to be at the Cage on the days remaining before the Christmas recess to instruct candidates who report...