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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first number of the Advocate this year, issued in spite of almost insuperable difficulties, is a credit to the few editors who were able to take any active part in its preparation. There are a number of contributions from graduates, but the work of the undergraduates is decidedly the better...
...went to a neighboring town this morning which was burned by the Germans in 1914 when they returned through the country after the battle of the Marne. They did the work very thoroughly. On the hill in the town is a very old cathedral which is almost entirely destroyed. From it there is a beautiful view of the northern edge of the Argonne Forest for miles...
...same day. It made such a good showing in the parade that it was formally recognized by the military authorities and established on a working basis. At present, the band is led by Chief Musician F. L. Reynolds '20, under the direct supervision of Lieut. Heath; it is composed almost entirely of privates or non-commissioned officers of the S. A. T. C. The band has been detailed to work with the headquarters company...
Conditions at Yale University, as everywhere else, have been completely altered by the war-time requirements. Here, as in almost every college in the United States, an S. A. T. C. and a Naval Unit have been established; the Yale S. A. T. C. is commanded by Major S. A. Welldon, F. A., U. S. A., and the Naval Unit is commanded by Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N., retired. Of the 1600 students enrolled in the university, almost half are in the artillery school; a large per cent of the rest are in the Naval Unit...
...also caused an extensive reorganization of almost all the departments of Yale University, with the result that the many disjointed branches which went to make up the university have been consolidated into a more efficient group; also several new courses bearing directly on the war have been introduced, among which is a course in "War Issues," a combination of History and Economics which corresponds almost exactly to the course in "Problems and Issues of the War" given here...