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...reported of Marshal Foch that once, as he was standing with General Pershing and many of the leaders of the British and French armies, someone asked him how he proposed to turn back the apparently irresistible Teuton and conduct his final campaign. Without a word the Marshal, stooping over, drew with his cane in the dust of the roadway the plan of battle which was to end in victory the following November...
...three years have passed since that day, but the world still remembers. The genius of a mind able to direct unhesitatingly so stupendous and varying a project is not soon to be forgotten. Whether banqueting in Chicago, applauding at New Haven, or saluting from the steps of Widener, Marshal Foch is assured of the pride and reverence with which Americans receive...
...Revolution. We can expect more and better results from the congress that of a century ago at Vienna, for we are as aware of the change in the world since that time as we are of the difference between President Harding and the Emperor of Russia, or between General Foch and Metternich...
Yesterday afternoon President Lowell received a message from the American Legion Committee of Reception to Marshal Foch, stating that the Marshal's health would not permit him to make an address to the students of the University when he comes here. It was for this reason that a change in plans was necessary...
Elsewhere in this issue the announcement is made that Marshal Foch, because of his health, will not be able to speak to the students at Memorial Hall when he visits the University on Monday. Except for the sentimental value of holding the meeting in Memorial, this change of plan is good news, for the building cannot hold the audience which the Marshal's fame as a general, and his status as a representative of France, will attract. Instead, therefore, a welcome will be staged that day on the steps of Widener, before which all the students will find room...