Word: exaction
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...critics, men who will be the first to pick flaws in such a body as the R. O. T. C. We feel sure that they will realize the newness of the Corps, but on the other hand we expect the members of the Corps to measure up to an exact standard in spite of their recent initiation into military life. And this because of the ordinary difficulty of impressing favorably such men as compose the University Military Committee...
...held, in order that a detail from the R. O. T. C. might take part in the celebration. Detachments from the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and possibly both battalions entire, which hold their regular drill on Tuesday morning, will march to John Harvard's statue for the exercises. Exact plans for the participation of the University Corps are now being considered by Major Flynn...
...authentic clue to the exact date of John Harvard's birth was found until recently, when research students discovered the following record in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, England: "1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of a child three days after his birth, the Memorial Society, which each year holds commemoration services, decided in 1910 to fix November 26 in the year 1607 as the correct date of the birth of John Harvard...
...Camps especially, because they must report for duty on January 5, 1918, several weeks before the last of the official mid-year examinations. The special ones will really begin late in December and extend through the first few days of January, although no official statement in regard to the exact time has as yet been issued. Men who wish to take these tests will be given an opportunity to make application to the office later...
...Club. At the end of the performance, there will be a dance. Members of the Clubs have been asked to invite their friends. On either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of next week, a concert will be given at the Bay State Patriotic Bazaar in the Copley-Plaza Hotel. The exact dates will be announced later in the CRIMSON...