Word: general
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Board of Overseers to present the first recommendation on the subject worthy of the name. Although the wording of their statement has not yet been made public it is understood that the Board has requested the Faculty to investigate a system of compulsory athletics for Freshmen, after giving their general approval to such a plan...
...furnish expert information on various countries of Europe which would enable the Allies to make a just and enlightened disposition according to the principles of nationality. Professor Haskins has been especially assigned to a study of the Alsace-Lorraine question. Of a staff of twenty-three specialists under the general direction of Colonel House, the University contributed four, and Yale...
...Granting freedom to the Philippines would require legislation by Congress, and is a matter to be carefully considered," said William Cameron Forbes '92, governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 in regard to the petition of representatives of the Islands that independence be granted, and Secretary Baker's statement yesterday that President Wilson was in favor of such action. He was interviewed on the subject at his home late last night...
...Major General Leonard Wood M.D. '84 was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service during the war by the War Department yesterday. The decoration was based on General Wood's service as a department, division and camp commander during the war. The citation says: "He has displayed qualities of leadership and professional attainments of a high order in the administration and training of his various commands, and has furthered in every way during the war the system of officers' training schools...
...been stated by a military expert that the 89th division, trained at Camp Funston by General Wood, made the best record of any national army division in France...