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Captain Ian Hay Beith, British soldier and writer, better known under the penname of Ian Hay as the author of "The First Hundred Thousand," will lecture in the Living Room of the Union on Monday, February 12. In accordance with the purpose of his visit to this country as lecturing representative of England in the present war, Captain Beith will speak on some phase of the struggle from Great Britain's point of view, drawing from his wide experience in the Allied ranks as a member of the Tenth Argyl and Sutherland and Highlanders...
Following his enrolment immediately after the outbreak of the war, Captain Beith served with such ability and courage in the first detachment of England's volunteer army during the spring of 1915 that he was given a commission and soon attained his present rank of captain. In "The First Hundred Thousand," Captain Beith relates some of the most interesting of his personal experiences both in the training camp at Aldershot, when he was a member of the Sutherland Highlanders and at the front during the opening months of the war. His book is unique among the war publications in having...
...views of moot questions and pet doctrines well within the dictionary meaning of the term--always indicating to the class, of course, that the matter is in the field of contention. All the speakers mentioned in the list above apparently were considered not propagandists. Neither was Captain Ian Hay Beith, whom the CRIMSON accurately referred to as having "been sent to this country by the British Government to explain Britain's part in the war," who was permitted to speak in Sanders Theatre on December 11, 1916 (the meeting open to the public, tickets one dollar, the proceeds...
During his speech in Sanders Theatre, Mr. Ian Hay Beith paid a splendid tribute to the motives of generosity and heroism which have prompted so many Harvard men to devote themselves to the service of the American Ambulance in France. This is good evidence of the impression which the work of the Ambulance Service has made upon the Allied nations of Europe at a time when there is unfortunately a great deal of foreign criticism is respect to Americans. With the hope of arousing still greater interest in the cause of the Service a booth at the Allied Bazaar...
...expect to be at full war strength in Great Britain until the spring of next year," said Captain Ian Hay Beith, of the Tenth Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, speaking in Sanders Theatre yesterday afternoon. "At that time the nation will at last be fully prepared industrially and in the field. July 1, 1916, was a momentous day for the British 'Tommy' for on that day the war realy began, as far as the Allies are concerned and with the first rush of the Somme offensive the British soldier, inexperienced and hastily trained, proved himself the equal, nay, the superior...