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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...money collected will be used entirely to benefit disabled veterans of the Great War who are residents of Cambridge, or ex-service men stranded in Cambridge who are unable to reach their homes through lack of funds. In many cases assistance will be given to the families as well as to the men themselves. The running expenses of the Cambridge chapter of the Red Cross are extremely low and none of the money collected will go towards upkeep of the branch or drive. To meet the expenses of caring for the wounded or sick soldiers, the Cambridge chapter needs...
Anyone who has been summoned to the presence in University 4, whether officially or unofficially, has often been considerably inconvenienced by the delay and lack of system attendant upon the visitation. If the long line, waiting "to see the dean", were an exception happening only once or twice, a term, the inconvenience of the delay would make no real difference; but occurring as it does daily, the long wait is coming to be regarded as the rule. Anyone called to the office has reason to expect to sit in line from fifteen minutes to an hour and a half...
...from their compensation due to failure to report for a stipulated physical examination, and tubercular and mental cases who prefer home treatment, all come under the scope of the Red Cross. Cambridge men stranded in other cities and residents of different places unable to get home because of lack of funds may receive loans from this organization, while foreign-born or illiterate soldiers receive assistance in filing papers and in securing means of employment. The Red Cross thus assists a large body of men and their families not only for the present time, but also, by means of medical treatment...
...effects of this vacillating course in military appropriations are being felt throughout the army. It discourages competent men from entering the service, because of the uncertainty and lack of permanency; at the same time it lowers the morale and efficiency within the organization, until it is getting to be almost impossible to use to best advantage the personnel...
Even making allowance for the fact that basketball in that year had hardly reached more than an informal status, and swimming was fighting a losing battle against over whelming odds in the lack of a pool, there is no question that the present season marks a distinct upward trend in minor sport success. In the season just concluding, besides basketball's impressive record, the squash team was barely nosed out of a tie for the championship of the league and the fencing team is on its way to the intercollegiate title with a good prospect of success. The wrestling team...