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...outdone, brought their vocal chords to play in opposition to the Laborite jeers. Peace was restored to the House a little later; but on the appearance of Major Boyd-Carpenter to answer questions, the House once more resounded with boos and shoos. It is common knowledge that the gallant major looks like a " guilty schoolboy." Jack Jones, a London dockyard Labor Member, conscious of the resemblance, boomed out: " Hold your hand out, you naughty boy." The whole House then burst into uncontrollable laughter...
...whom would, no doubt, be in the Freshman Halls instead of at home were there room for them. By the generesity of Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander McKinlock of Chicago, a fourth Freshman Hall will be built in memory of their son, George Alexander McKinlock Jr. '16, a gallant officer who fell at Beray-le-Sec. on July 21, 1918. We are deeply grateful for this memorial to a brave soldier, which will be an inestimable boon to generations of future students living in the hall that bears his name...
Except for the cover and other drawings signed by Saunders the illustrations in the Freshman Number are interior to the letter-press. Mr. Saunders's cover in the manner of Maxfield Parrish and his rapid sketch of a Spanish maiden and gallant have distinction. One unsigned drawing entitled "Little Willie's Idea of African Golf" is also inspired. But the other drawings do not stray far from the conventional. Indeed, the art department appears to be the weakest part of the Lampoon. The magazine seems written with more freshness than is the case in those frequent, bare years when...
...coming to England for the first time, had beguiled his leisure on the boat by reading the "Tales of a Traveller" by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., and nothing would suit him on landing but to ask to see the place where they put away "Kidd, the Pirate," as that very gallant gentleman is discourteously called. "Kidd, the Pirate," indeed; but this is not all; he is variously described by Mr. Crayon...
Eighty-two won the American Distinguished Service Cross, among them being Lieutenant Colonel Hanford MacNider '11, the present commander of the American Legion. The French Medaille Militarie, awarded only for gallant conduct on the field of action, went to 13 men from the University: Private John W. Ames Jr. '18, Lieutenant William V. Booth Jr. 13, Lieutenant Van Duzer Burton '19, Sergeant Victor E. Chapman '13, Private Andre Cheronnet-Champollion '02, Major Elliot C. Cowdin 2d '09, Captain James N. Hall G. 11, Private Robert Hatch L. '12, Chaplain Albert Leo S. T. B. '05, Sergeant Robert E. Pellissier...