Word: french
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...York, as soon as it is bound. The poem was written by Alan Seeger while at the front. It was scrawled in pencil on both sides of a small piece of paper. The Farnsworth Room already has a small volume containing three of Seeger's poems printed by his French associates in memory of him and his comrades. The poems are "I have a Rendezvous with Death," "Amerique and France," and "Champagne...
...academic year 1916-17 Professor Sabine went to the University of Paris as Exchange Professor. It was there in France that he performed services for the Allies in connection with the War which were of incalculable value. An expert on sound, he was asked by the French Government to experiment with sounding devices. In this connection, he made experimental flights in aeroplanes and went below the sea on a French submarine. He also invented a most successful sounding device for locating artillery, which has been used to a large extent by the Allied Armies with excellent results...
...honor but of stern necessity, to maintain a trained fighting force as an instrument of defense in time of war. Our nation may count itself fortunate for being saved from huge losses of men and material by the three years' experience in trench warfare imparted to us by the French and British troops...
...appointment of Captain Morize as assistant professor of French literature in the University is gratifying news to us all. Especially is it so at this time when the ties of friendship between France and America are firmer and closer than ever before. Our President in France is being shown a remarkable degree of cordial hospitality, which brings a thrill to the heart of every American. If for no other reason than that we would receive Captain Morize with sincere welcome...
...there is another reason for the gratification that we feel at his appointment. From the time the French Military Mission arrived at Cambridge in the spring of 1917, until the United States Government took over the control of military training this fall, Captain Morize had a very large part in the preparation of the R. O. T. C. men for service in the war. Many a University man, trained under his experienced direction, now lies among the honored dead on French soil, or survives among the heroic soldiers of America. Consequently, we feel that he has helped the University...