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Tribute to James Russell Lowell as the man who taught England and America the meaning of democracy featured the exercises held in Sanders Theatre by the Cambridge Historical Society Saturday evening in honor of the poet's hundredth birthday anniversary. William Roscoe Thayer '81 who presided referred to Lowell as the greatest ambassador America ever had President Eliot '53 reviewed Lowell's career as a professor at the University...
Today is the birthday of the man who won France to the aid of the American Colonies in their struggle for independence--Benjamin Franklin. The debt we owe France can never be paid. It is not alone a National debt. It is also a personal debt of Americans to Frenchmen. This is best shown by a letter of Franklin addressed to President Washington, June...
...Major Love was an editor of the CRIMSON for two years, and after graduation he went to the officers' training camp at Plattsburg, and was commissioned first lieutenant in the infantry. He went over-seas from Camp Dix with the 78th Division, and last August, on his 22nd birthday, received his promotion to the rank of captain, having been in the service less than seven months...
General Pershing's recommendation for his promotion to captaincy for "eminently satisfactory service" was dated on his twenty-second birthday...
...male persons, either citizens of the United States or residing in the several states, or in the District of Columbia, who have, since the 5th day of June, 1917, and on or before the 5th day of June, 1918, attained their 21st birthday, are required to register in accordance with the law of May 20, 1918, and the regulations prescribed thereunder: Provided, however, That the following persons are hereby exempted from registration: Officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the National Guard and Naval Militia while in the service of the United States...