Word: missions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...various hospitals. They comprise 50 automobile ambulances, with a personnel exclusively composed of American young men in khaki uniforms. It is an imposing spectacle to see a train of 25 of these automobile ambulances rolling with military precision on the streets of Paris on their way to fulfill their mission of kindness and generosity. This service has won enviable fame for skill in its management of the wounded. Forty-four universities and colleges are represented, headed by Harvard, with 104 students, and Yale next, with 30 students. --Le Rappel
...When the Dead Awaken," by Mr. Willcox, is commonplace. Mr. Leffingwell attempts a feat of compression in a "A Song of Resurrection," and leaves his reader in a somewhat confused state of mind. Mr. Sanger collects his impressions of "Iron Ore Mines," and expresses his views about "America's Mission" in something that appears to be akin to free verse. Both his impressions and his views are worth while; but they seem rather scattering in their present form. Mr. Clark has difficulty, apparently, in deciding whether to rhyme or not to rhyme. In "Lullaby" he effects a compromise; the result...
...unfortunate effects of the keen competition of these many societies are seen many times. For instance, on April 8, M. Leroux, the editor of the "Paris Matin" and one of the most brilliant men of France today, spoke at the Union. He was in America engaged on a special mission to President Wilson. On the same evening, Mayor Curley spoke in Emerson Hall under the auspices of the Speakers' Club. This was not due to any lack of efficiency in the system of arranging dates, but simply represents a good example of the unfortunate effects of this keen competition...
Professor Cheddo Miyatovich will lecture on "Serbia and the Serbians" in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The purpose of the lecture, which is given under the direction of the Serbian Mission to the People of the United States, is to prove that the Serbian people are worthy of the charity of the people of the United States. Professor Miyatovich will trace the features of mediseval and modern history of Serbia impartially, without relation to belligerency, or agitation against "our present enemies, who, I hope, may tomorrow be our friends." Members of the History...
...University Mission Association elected the following officers yesterday afternoon: President, Frederick Colburn Wilson '17, of Andover; secretary, John Crosby Brown Moore '18, of Cambridge; Freshman member, Robert Lewis Buell '19, of Rochester...