Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...military garb in honor of Marshal Joffre of France. Harvard has been led by remarkable men, it has nurtured remarkable men, it has entertained remarkable men. But never before has it had to do with a man who did a more remarkable thing than drive back the German battering-ram of armies...
Children of French soldiers are left orphaned after every battle. For most of them there is no means of obtaining the necessities of life save through gifts. If the German Emperor had never had dreams of Weltmacht, and been content to hold to his central domains, many brave Frenchmen would now be living in peace, and their children would look to their fathers for support. But the ambition of a foreign emperor brought havoc in lands not under his control, and as a result the orphans of France call to America...
...deFord Bigelow '00, of Cohasset, a member of Section 4 of the American Field Ambulance, has been decorated with the Croix de Guerre. The citation says that Bigelow's car, while running through a most dangerous zone, was hit and pierced and badly damaged by shell fragments during the German attacks around Verdun...
...present themselves for the examination. The tests are held under the provisions of admittance into the College, which require every candidate for a bachelor's degree to pass, by the end of his second year, a special oral examination to test his reading knowledge of either French or German...
Students in the College who have not already passed their oral examination in either French or German will be given their last opportunity this year to do so tomorrow afternoon and succeeding afternoons this week. All candidates who wish to take this examination are to notify the Recorder, 4 University Hall, in writing, by today. Each candidate will then be notified when and where to present himself for the examination. Under the requirements of the Office all students in the College must pass this special oral examination before the end of their second year, in order to test their reading...