Word: hill
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...went to a neighboring town this morning which was burned by the Germans in 1914 when they returned through the country after the battle of the Marne. They did the work very thoroughly. On the hill in the town is a very old cathedral which is almost entirely destroyed. From it there is a beautiful view of the northern edge of the Argonne Forest for miles...
...found out that the Regiment was up at the front again, after only about three days of rest. So I started off after them; and finally, after riding all day on food transports, etc., got back to my company. They were camped on the reverse slope of a hill near the Vesle, in a regular inferno of noise, for there were batteries and batteries of guns on all sides as well as above and below, which kept the skies illuminated at night and the air crashing at all times...
Cadet Roger Sherman Dix, Jr., '18, of Chestnut Hill, of the American air service overseas, has been reported as dead in France. Particulars of his death have not been stated. Dix prepared at the Country Day School...
...Secretary, James Gore King '20, of New York, N. Y.; and Treasurer, Samuel Hanson Ordway, Jr., '19, of New York, N. Y. The Advocate has also elected to the literary board Elisha Whittlesey '18, of Pittsfield; Joseph Auslander '18, of Brookline, N. Y.; Ira Jewell Williams '20, of Chestnut Hill, Pa,; Stoddard Benham Colby '21, of New York, N. Y.; and Frederick Allen Thompson '21 of Washington, D. C.; and to the business board, Charles Burton Gulick '21, of Cambridge, and Roy Edward Larsen '21, of Brookline...
...meeting of the Student Council last evening the following nominating committee was appointed for the year 1918-19: R. McA. Lloyd '19, chairman; J. S. Baker '19, A. H. Bright '19, R. S. Emmet '19, E. A. Hill '19, J. Otis '20, F. Workum '20 and H. H. Faxon '21, ex-officio, as president of the Freshman class...