Word: fell
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Corps. That body was formed at the opening of the present college year, and before the 21st of December had been demobilized. The percentage, therefore, of those who have lost their lives in service is about four. This percentage is practically identical with the percentage of all men who fell who were members of the expeditionary force. This total is reported at the present moment to be about 73,000. Of this number, almost 50,000 died in action from wounds in battle, 20,000 of disease, and between 3,000 and 4,000 died from other causes...
...order to meet the needs of this University the auditorium ought to have a larger foyer, or outer halfway, than that provided in the Hill Memorial. In this might be placed a tablet engraved with the names of the men who fell in the war, and a short account of the military history of each...
...cable further points out that many Dodecanesians fell while fighting for the liberty of the allies, and that the inhabitants of these islands now desire a return to their former freedom. The cable is signed by the following men on the executive committee: Zervos, Skiathides, Kladakis, Patelis, Mavrikios, Katris, and Demetriades...
Yesterday afternoon one of the aeroplanes of the "Pleasure Flying Co." fell into the Charles River injuring the pilot, Ensign W. E. Nightingale '15 and killing the passenger, J. L. Allen, of Dorchester. The accident occurred near the Cottage Farm Bridge before a crowd of thousands, many of whom were waiting their turn. Ensign Nightingale, U. S. N., the pilot, jumped free just before the machine hit the water, while the passenger was caught. One of the University crews was in the vicinity and members of it assisted in the rescue work. Ensign Nightingale during the war was stationed...
...furnish the main hall-way as a trophy room. At present all the relics of former athletic contests are on the second floor of the Union where they are seldom seen by the average undergraduate. The dedication,--a stone tablet engraved with the names of the Harvard men who fell in the war, could be placed in this hall with the trophies...