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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard's camp of last summer was popular and valuable, why wouldn't a camp established on much broader lines, and conceivably of much larger efficiency, be still more popular and valuable? In asking this question there is neither attempt nor desire to minimize the great service which Harvard has rendered the nation. The men it educated at the Fresh Pond trenches and at Barre made an excellent showing at the subsequent Plattsburg, and they are making an even better showing today as officers in the National Army. But Harvard's camp was an infantry camp to train infantry officers...
Governor McCall has been a hearty advocate of "Smileage" ever since the idea was taken over by the Government in an attempt to relieve the necessity for amusement at the camps and cantonments. He appointed a special council for the sole purpose of stimulating interest in "Smileage" throughout the State of Massachusetts, and he will take up the subject from the point of view of the civil government...
...Smileage" is the result of an attempt on the part of the Military Entertainment Council, a special commission appointed by the Secretary of War as a branch of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, to provide the best possible entertainment for men now in the National Army cantonments, and all military and naval camps on this side of the Atlantic, at the lowest possible price. This council is issuing books of tickets, somewhat like mileage coupons in use on the railroads, which, when sent to men at any of the service camps or cantonments in the United States...
...Government has co-operated with the stage in this attempt to offer good productions to the soldiers and sailors by providing a Liberty Theatre at each of the 16 cantonments in this country. The Y. M. C. A. and C. M. A. have also set up stages at many camps. Several first-rate companies of actors have of fered their services to the Government...
...Senior Photograph Committee is now sending out cards to all members of the class of 1918, including those who entered the service, in an attempt to collect the required information for the usual individual "lives" to be printed in the Class Album. All members of the class now resident in Cambridge are expected to send in their data to the committee by March 1, while those who are away from College will be allowed more time in which to fill out and return the blanks...