Word: french
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...congratulated upon being identified with such a magnificent corps of future officers of the American army as I saw at Harvard this afternoon. The West Point cadets and they have impressed me most favorably, and I know that the French officers can do much toward helping these magnificent young men to lead their troops victoriously in France. The appearance of the Harvard Corps that I saw today was superb, and I admired their discipline and military carriage...
...organizing ambulance units is new at Princeton but has taken a great hold on the students as witnessed by the fact that arrangements have been made to send over these 73 men very soon after the recruiting was first begun. The men will probably go direct to a French port, from thence to Paris, and after a brief stay in Paris will be assigned to various sections at the front...
Rene Viviani, vice-president of the Council of Ministers of France, and, with Marshal Joffre, head of the French Commission to this country, paid a hasty visit to the University yesterday afternoon. He arrived in Cambridge at 4 o'clock and went immediately to the residence of President Lowell, where he paid his compliments to the president and expressed his regret at not having been able to be present at the exercises on Saturday, and his consequent inability to receive the degree of doctor of laws which had been voted him. Because M. Viviani was not here personally, the vote...
...country, too, we put the emphasis more on foreign languages than you do. French and English are always required, and the average man learns another language. The emphasis is all put on the practical side; we learn to speak the language. We do not learn to read it well, which you do, however...
...week the time allotted for practical instruction will be increased to eight hours a day, Saturday inclusive. In the morning drill will be held between 8 and 12 o'clock, and in the afternoon from 1.30 to 5.30 o'clock. Lectures will be given in the evenings by the French officers for all men in the training corps, and, in addition, special lectures will be given to the provisional battalion by Captain Bowen...