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...both England and Canada, have been affected to a very great extent by the present war, according to statements received from those respective countries. In most cases the universities have been able to run with greatly reduced registration; some have had to stop altogether and some have had enough extra men, too young to enlist, to extent their registration almost to the same extent as it was before...
Yesterday's game was marked by some fast fielding, very few misplays being made. Wyche was the star at bat, knocking out a single and a double, and Bond and Henderson continued their good hitting, each driving out a single. Coach Duffy gave the men an extra half-hours practice in batting after the game, emphasizing the importance of a quick swing and took his turn at the bat to illustrate his points. During the batting practice, Ellis, who has been playing in left field for Team A, was hit on the head by a ball thrown by Murray...
...more units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Dean Jones has said that if war came he would like to see the university grounds turned into a training camp, the dormitories into barracks, the "Commons" dining hall used as a mess room, the athletic fields as parade grounds, all extra-curriculum activities eliminated, and the students, while attending classes, giving the greater share of their attention to military preparation. He would also like to see the students, should a call for volunteers come, formed, if possible, into a distinctive Yale organization...
...order to grow more of the necessities," Professor Carver said, "it will be necessary for more men to devote their energy to such production. The Government, however, will take many men for military purposes. To get extra laborers there are two possibilities: first, there must be greater utilization of women. For this, it would be necessary for those who are not now at work discharge their servants that they might be used for other purposes. The second possibility is in cutting down on luxuries. The men thus released could enlist or turn to more necessary production. Similar results would...
...Cabot '94 to Europe. The Andania, with a convoy of torpedo boats left a British port, the passage requiring 12 days instead of the customary 10, due to the course taken as laid down by the British Admiralty. Nothing eventful occurred during the trip through the war zone, but extra precautions were taken when nearing America, as a wireless was received that a German raider was working along the coast...