Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...President's terms of peace are practically the same; they both insist upon the restoration of Belgium and the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France. The one real difference between the desires of the Allies now and last summer comes in the question of the fate of the German government. When we entered the war we were going to destroy the German government and not the German people; we hoped for a German revolution and with it a representative government. Yet our hopes in this direction seem farther and farther from being realized, and now we are coming from generalities...
...students in the College must pass, before the end of their second year, a special oral examination to test their power of translating either French or German. Opportunity to take either or both of these examinations will be given in the afternoons, beginning Monday, January 21. All candidates who wish to take the oral examination must notify the Recorder, 4 University Hall, in writing, on or before Saturday, January 12. Each candidate will then be notified when and where to present himself for the oral examination...
Only yesterday the details of Captain Guynemer's funeral were announced. This most brilliant of French aviators was finally brought down behind German lines, but his life and record had been so glorious that even Germans had to honor him in death. They invited his companions in service to attend his burial and they gave them a safe-conduct across their lines. On that day a group of French planes flying close to the ground went over German lines and landed at a small village, the whole populace of which was showing its respect for the French hero. After...
...Municipal Building is the type of structure that a German army of invasion would leave unmolested; it is of no military value. Its largest room is no more suited to drill purposes than Sever 12. That Lord Howe wished to sail up the Bronx river to conquer New York State seems ridiculous to us, but it is no more so than the notion that a company can learn tactics in a chamber the size of an average lecture hall. To cross the Alps was a great feat in Hannibal's time; it was a simple move compared to giving about...
...members of the R. O. T. C. who are going to the third Officers' Training Camp, and to other men leaving College after the Christmas vacation, will be held today and Monday in Harvard 2. The list follows: Today. 2 P. M. Botany 8. French 3. Chemistry 22. German F. Economics 3. Slavic 4. 7 P. M. Chemistry 6. History 30a. Engin. Sciences 8. Music 3. English 72. Philosophy 6a. Geology 4. Monday. 9 A. M. Economics 18a. French 2. English A. History 55. Fine Arts 1a. Semitic 9. Fine Arts 5e. 2 P. M. Economics 6a. Mathematics C. English...