Word: major
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John J. Mack, Yale's track athletic coach and football trainer was awarded yesterday a "Y" in major sports by that university's Athletic Association for "untiring and faithful service covering a period of thirteen years...
...Major General Leonard Wood M.D. '84 was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service during the war by the War Department yesterday. The decoration was based on General Wood's service as a department, division and camp commander during the war. The citation says: "He has displayed qualities of leadership and professional attainments of a high order in the administration and training of his various commands, and has furthered in every way during the war the system of officers' training schools...
...Council also approved the awarding of "H's" to those members of the classes of 1917, 1918, and 1919, who had been appointed second assistant managers of some major sport, but had been prevented from winning their letters by the cancellation of all athletic schedules. This question had likewise been referred to the Student Council by the Athletic Committee...
...college man myself, but my brothers were Harvard men. One of them Major Edward P. Cole '04 fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Belleau Wood. For bravery and gallantry on the field of battle' he received the Croix de Guerre, the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Legion of Honor...
...during the war, was on the General Staff of the A. E. F. as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Second Corps that fought with the British in Flanders. Among some of the others are Col. R. F. Goodwin, who commanded the 101st Field Artillery throughout the war, Major Wendt, Adjutant of the Brigade Artillery in the Division, and Major Carrol J. Swan '01, who as Captain of a Company in the 101st Engineers, the old First Corps Cadets, was not satisfied enough with engineer work, dangerous as it is, but jumped at the chance to lead his men into...