Word: major
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Membership in the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration which is conferred by the French Government has been awarded posthumously to two alumni of the University, Major Edward B. Cole '02 and First Lieutenant David E. Putnam '20. This honor is given only for "bravery and gallantry in action...
...latest recognition is the third bestowed on Major Cole, the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross previously having been awarded him. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Marine Corps in April, 1904, and served at a number of posts until commissioned a captain in February, 1914. He was given the rank of major just before sailing for France in 1917, and met his death in the battle of Belleau Wood...
...athletic heads of Yale, Princeton and the University took place in New York Tuesday evening. No news of the first meeting had been given to the press, and the general impression was spread that the three universities were planning a close and exclusive combine known as the "Big Three." Major Moore '93, Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, in the CRIMSON, and Professor Corwin, chairman of Yale's Board of Athletic Control, in the Yale News, denied any exclusiveness on the part of Yale, Princeton and the University. At the second conference a statement in regard to this misunderstanding...
...going to supply himself with equipment to play on the 13th team, and it is no enjoyment playing in an inadequate outfit. In order to encourage men to come out regularly for sports they must be supplied their equipment. At the present time all men on major sport teams except football, and all minor sport men, have to furnish their entire outfit. For a man to play hockey or baseball this outfit is of considerable expense. Even if a man wins an "H" he must buy it out of his own pocket. The man without means in College is discouraged...
Lieutenant-Colonel Roger I. Lee '02, Professor of Hygiene in the University since 1914, has returned to the United States after an absence of nearly two years in France. Commissioned a major on April 5, 1917, Lee went overseas with the Harvard Base Hospital No. 5 on the 11th of May, 1917 Dr. Harvey Cushing was director of this unit, but in March, 1918, Major Lee who had been in charge of research work on poison gas victims was made commanding officer of the Base Hospital. He continued in this command until September 6, 1918, when he was assigned...