Word: maps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...rejuvenated Yard are coming many old faces and almost as many new ones. Timid Freshmen may be seen standing on the corner, with a fond mother by their side, staring blankly at a map of Cambridge and its surroundings, in vain attempt to orient themselves with Boylston Laboratory and the cleverly hidden Bursar's Office. Second-hand furniture stores are crowded with eager students purchasing desks and desk chairs, book shelves, and other conveniences for study, which alas, will only too soon be abandoned in favor of arm chairs and te Orpheum. Trucks and vans, in endless line, are rolling...
Third year--Field Artillery Firing. Studies in orientation, topography and map making...
...almost entirely Greek, formerly belonged to Turkey. In the Turko-Italian war of 1912, they were seized by Italy, and in spite of frequent protests by the inhabitants, have remained in the possession of that country ever since. The name Dodecanesian, meaning 12 islands, does not appear on any map, for the term has only recently come to be applied to this group of islands...
...course under Hygiene and Sanitation has been added,--4hf, on Vital Statistics, by Professor Whipple and Mr. Fair. In the Geology Department a course on Mining Geology under Professor H. L. Smyth has been announced and in the Geography Department Eng. Sci. 4a hf on Surveying, Mapping, and Map-reading has been added. In this last department also, course 19hf has been substituted for course 2. Aerography is the new title for Meterology 20a. Mineralogy B and C have been combined into 2 and Petrography A and B are now respectively...
...very evident. It has been said before in these columns but will bear repeating, that while Yale does not consider that a Freshman is sufficiently mature to select his courses without interference, it nevertheless obliges him to decide what his life work is going to be and to map out his career in college accordingly. Naturally it was not the intention of those who planned this "reformation" to establish such a contradiction but the result as the system now stands can hardly be otherwise. A young student will either make up his mind thoughtlessly and regret it later or else...