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...course of time, but the tests furnished objective data at once upon which to base an opinion. They also obviated the necessity of judging a man by his face and other marks of intelligence. In the various officers' groups, the engineers ranked first, being followed by field artillery, trench mortar, personnel adjutants, and ambulance company officers...
...talks will be given in the near future by various officers of the British and French Missions. Lieutenant J. C. Mallett, of the French Army, is scheduled to speak on "Grenades," and Captain J. E. L. Warren, of the British Mission, will explain the use of the "Stokes Trench Mortar." The men of the corps will also hear Major C. A. Brown, U. S. M. C., who will discuss "First Aid," and Captain Henri Amann, formerly of the University Military Staff, who will address the members of the R. O. T. C. on the subject of "One-Pounders." None...
...Captains Turner, Warren and Hodson, of the British Army, and Lieutenant Mallet, of the French Mission. All four of these men are now instructing in the officers' training corps at Devens. Captain Turner will lecture on "Poisonous Gases"; Captain Warren will take as a subject "The Stokes Trench Mortar"; and Captain Hodson will deliver an address on "Machine Guns and their Use." In his lecture to Military Science 2, Lieutenant Mallet has decided to speak on grenades...
...startling and forceful way, Mr. Sunday reminded the many undergraduates in his audience that "it takes more than a mortar board cap, a diploma, a fraternity pin and a bull-dog pipe to make a man. You can't expect to get an education out of a four-years' college course. You just get started. Keep at it all your life and you will get part of an education if you are among the successful. Don't build your character like a woman fixes a sewing machine--removing everything that should be left stationary and putting oil on the belt...
...good old custom of wearing caps and gowns deserves the immediate attention of Seniors. The process of measuring for the gowns and making them is under way against that red letter day in a man's four years of College when he claps on his mortar board, gathers his scholastic robe about him and strides forth into the sunlight of the Yard...