Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Stranger" is written by Miss Leonora Loveman, a former student in Professor Baker's course in dramatic composition. In three acts, the plot centers about the clash of Hungarian customs with American ideals, the former represented in the hero and the latter in the American heroine. Miss Loveman is a native of Hungary, and she is accordingly well acquainted with the traditions of the Hungarian people...
...Norton-Harjes Service, formed form the original Norton Corps (Section 7) and the original Harjes Corps (Section 5) is now under the control of the American Red Cross, and is known as the American Red Cross, Unit. There are three corps, all composed of Buicks and Fiats, now in the field, and the two new Golelet Corps are nearing a satisfactory completion. Both of the old corps have seen service in nearly every sector in France. Section 7 was in Champagne during the offensive there, and was at Verdun all during the offensive. The section has received several citations...
Word has been received from Paris that Richard Norton '92 has been given the Cross of the Legion of Honor. He is the first American to receive this distinction for services during the war. Norton was one of the organizers of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps at the outbreak of the war and has built up this branch of service until it now has a record of carrying over 30,000 wounded during...
...later army order said: "American Section No. 5 (Norton-Harjes) has made possible during a period of 11 days of fighting, March 8 to 19, with a perfect contempt of danger the removal of wounded in a zone heavily swept by the enemy's artillery fire. Furthermore, the whole staff has shown proof of remarkable devotion and endurance by giving the maximum service of the unit, and by working an average of 19 hours...
...Harvard will be eligible for commissions as soon as they reach the age fixed, which at present is 21. Many thousand officers will be needed for the large armies to be raised, and Harvard men will have an excellent opportunity through the combined instruction of the French and American officers to receive the highest order of training...