Word: life
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hardly seems necessary to call attention to the last three lectures in the course on "Soldier's and Sailor's Life," the character of the lectures is enough to guarantee an audience which will fill the theatre to overflowing. Dr. Burrell M. S. '79, who will open the evening with his lecture on "The Medical Examination," is well calculated to do justice to his subject, and those who contemplate responding to the second call for volunteers will do well to hear...
...undergraduates in the four years of his connection with the University, and the interest he has taken in every form of their activity, exclusive of his subject will be enough to draw a crowd to hear him speak. His former experience in the navy warrants an interesting exposition of life in modern naval vessels...
...last three lectures in the course on Soldier's and Sailor's Life will be delivered in Sanders Thatre this evening Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, lately Surgeon General in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia will speak first on "The Medical Examination." Professor Hollis will speak on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." President Eliot will speak last on "Enlisting." The lectures are open to members of the University only...
Lectures on the Soldier's and Sailor's Life. IV. The Medical Examination. Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, lately Surgeon General Mass. Volunteer Militia.- Life in Modern Naval Vessels. Professor Hollis.- Enlisting. President Eliot. Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m. Open to members of the University only...
...statement that the cavalry man seldom meets death on the field. In one battle the First Massachusetts Cavalry lost 186 men and officers out of a total of 300, and the experience of other cavalry troops was similar. Dr. Bowditch closed his lecture with a graphic account of army life. His troop seldom suffered from hunger, although the army rations were sometimes eaten under trying conditions. The individual should seek sleep and cleanliness as far as posible, and if not able to keep dry should at least keep up bodily warmth. The college man's superior usefulness in the field...