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...president, H. Margolis; secretary, J. Gilligan. Class of '22: President, R. Wallace; vice-president, S. Silverman; secretary, F. Trevor. Class of '23; President, T. Jordan; vice-president, J. Carroll; secretary, F. Marsh. There is no longer a class of '20, owing to the change from a three to a four-year course...
...first time in almost three years, the University is at the beginning of a full session; and during those years, many changes have taken place, which are now showing their effect. The Union is being opened on a new basis, which gives promise of being most successful. Military training has been established by the Government, comprising a four-year course with the ultimate goal of reserve commissions. Some form of exercise is being demanded of all Freshmen, a system tried this year for the first time...
...permanently good. Something corresponding to a standard has been established by the universities and colleges, but a departure from this "standard" should not be condemned because it is a departure. When, for instance, some institution, as Yale, makes a change in her system, as she did by abolishing a four-year Latin training for entrance, the only telling argument which can be brought against it is to show that the plan is out of harmony with the times...
...final plans for artillery R. O. T. C. Units Yale has established a Unit along pre-war lines. The 82 members now enrolled will take three hours of theoretical instruction a week which will count toward a degree, and three hours of practical work. Upon completion of the four-year course, which will include summer camps, the men will be given provisiona commissions in the Regular Army or commissions in the Reserve...
...though Army officials had seen fit to recognize the comprehensive two years' work of the Harvard Corps as equivalent to the four years' course prescribed for R. O. T. C. units in General Order 49, 1916, it is now apparent that this was not their intention. We can not criticize the War Department for their action, for the necessity of maintaining a single standard for all colleges is obvious; we can only regret that men who have had the benefits of training more extensive than the Government four-year course requires should be deprived of the advantages of the advanced...