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...Italy and America have a common path; it is up to you young men to follow it," declared General Armando Diaz, commander-in-Chief of the Italian armies during the recent war, in concluding his brief address to the students of the University assembled yesterday afternoon in the Living Room of the Union. "Let us always keep alive in our hearts the spirit of Dante. You appreciate Dante and Italy; we appreciate you; the young men of both countries must point out the common...
Introduced by President Lowell as the man who achieved what the Allies believed impossible-halting an army in full retreat, and hurling back the oncoming Austrians,--General Diaz, speaking through an interpreter, praised the ideals and spirit of the two countries, and urged closer association in the future in their common ideals...
General Armando Diaz, Commander-in-Chief of the armies of Italy during the last stage of the world war, will speak this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union. His address will be concerning the tense and dramatic moments of the Italians' retreat, their determined stand, and final splendid victory in 1918. General Diaz will speak in Italian but his address will be translated word for word by Captain Huntington of his staff. The meeting will be open to Union members and members of the James A. Shannon Post of the American Legion...
...blow was not destined to fall, for General Diaz, using the slight reserve force available to him, turned back the attack at the psychological moment, and within a week, had sent his enemies flooding north in the full tide of retreat...
Coming to Cambridge after a strenuous day in Boston General Diaz will enter the Yard through the Johnston Gate and go to the steps of Widener Library where he will receive a general's salute from the guns of the Artillery Unit of the University R. O. T. C. He will then be received by the Faculty in the Widener Room, and from there will go directly to the Union...