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Captain Beith, or Ian Hay, as he is known to the literary world, has had an active and varied service in the European war, enlisting not long after the outbreak of the struggle and spending six months of the fall and winter of 1914-15 in training at Aldershot with the raw material from which Lord Kitchener formed the "first hundred thousand." His regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was among the first sent to the front, and with others composed the first army sent to France by England, known as "the first hundred thousand" and also...
...been in the past a question of how best to realize this goal. Now that our line of action has been irrevocably decided upon, we join in carrying it through, although, as unlikely as it may sound, should this country in the heat of battle so far fall from the standard set for it by President Wilson as to continue fighting needlessly from hatred or sheer unwillingness to desist, or as to enter upon schemes of conquest, then the spirit behind the Harvard Union for American Neutrality may once more rise in protest. Until then, silentia nobiscum. HALLOWELL DAVIS...
...Andrews 2G, will be produced for the first time at the Castle Square Theatre on April 23. "The Year of the Tiger" is based on the Japanese superstition according to which every eighth year is fraught with mystery and laden with evil. It was awarded last fall the prize of $500 offered annually by Mr. John Craig...
Whatever vestige of exterior and shallow judgments remains with us should now fall away in the levelling of war. When a thousand men are put in uniform the incipient politician may not measure the great or the near-great by examining whether their shoes are custom-made, or their hats come from New York. The prettiest fop does not show distinction in company front after an afternoon of drill in column and line formations. The assurance gained in talking to paid and obedient servants does not help greatly in telling a platoon of strong and aggressive men to deploy...
...annual announcement that three courses for next year must be chosen by the lower classes on or before the first of May is another reason for paying attention to College work. The choice of courses in the spring for the following fall, while always uncertain, is likely to be unusually difficult this year. The Freshmen in particular will have to make the additional decision of the general fields in which they wish to concentrate their College work. These are questions which cannot be put off. Many will not be able to consult their families during the spring recess, and many...