Word: britisher
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thought you might be pleased, or at all events interested, to learn that at least one Harvard man is fighting with the British out here. Your humble servant belongs to the first Canadian contingent and has seen considerable scrapping so far with Steyn and Oom Paul's legions, but thus far has been unhurt, I must try to attend my next class dinner (D. V.) and compare notes with my classmates who have fought the Spaniards and Filipinos. You ought to see me now in tattered, soiled khaki uniform, nearly as brown as a Negro and as tough...
...annual banquet of the Canadian Club of Harvard will take place this year on Thursday, May 24. Owing to the deep interest aroused among British subjects by the war in which England is now engaged, the dinner will be made of more than usual importance, and will take the form of a patriotic gathering. Every effort will be made to bring out a large number of British born men who are connected with the club or with the University. It is probable that some well-known outsiders will be invited...
...Harvard members of the team won the only points for the American side. F. G. Hopkins '00 who was matched against Soddy of Oxford, won his game easily. C. T. Rice '01 played Tattersall, who was considered the strongest man on the British team, and in the most brilliant game of the match finally secured a draw with his opponent...
Professor Shaler is sorry for the Boers as brave men fighting for their country, but is convinced that the interests of civilization call for the British success...
Professor Ames says: "The war on the part of the British is unjustifiable morally, and a blunder politically...