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No, "college counselor" should not be capitalized unless it is a part of a formal title or specific program name.
Talking about an unidentified chief I would not capitalize the word, but if I was using it as a title of a specific person, such as Chief Wiggum, I would capitalize it.
Yes, you should capitalize "Chess Club" as it is a specific name or title of a club.
The International Dateline is a proper noun because it is the name for a specific thing.
If "social action" is the full, specific name of the class then it should be capitalized. Otherwise, it shouldn't be.
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is n ot a proper n ou n.
No, "hospital system" in general is not capitalized. However, if you are referring to a specific hospital system by name (e.g., "Mayo Clinic Health System"), you would capitalize it.
Yes, you do capitalize the word department when it directly follows the name of that department. This is the case when signing letters or referring to specific departments in emails or in writing.
No, in this case "paragraph" would not be capitalized because it is not part of the proper name or title of that paragraph.
You would capitalize it if it's part of a name. "We stopped at the inn" would not be capitalized, but "We stopped at Comfort Inn" would.
The "Texas State Government" is a noun, and it is proper to capitalize it. Just as you would capitalize the name of a person.